NIBANI HOUSSINE - MOROCCO
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NIBANI HOUSSINE IS THE SECRETAIRE GENERAL OF THE ASSOCIATION AGIR, AL HOCEIMA
 
Email:
azirnibani(at)yahoo(dot)fr
Website:
Telephone:
+212 62 02 45 03
Address:
Association AGIR
18 rue Bir Anzarane
Al Hoceima
Morocco

 

 
 
 
AIMS / MISSION STATEMENT: Environmental Protection
 
     
 
 
OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN: ASSOCIATION AGIR

Marine Environment Curriculum Development:
This is a programme for schools which won the Hassan II prize for the environment in 2005. The programme has been published and distributed to Primary and Secondary schools throughout the Al Hoceima Province and I continue to personally assist teachers with its implementation in the field.
See http://educ-envir.cfsites.org/

Ospreys Survey Programme:
An Osprey Survey Programme is conducted in the Al Hoceima National Parc. Please click on link for more information http://balbuzards.cfsites.org

Photo left: Member of the Opsprey Colony
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Photo below right: Tuna in the Al Hoceima harbour fished simply with lines.

 

 

 

 

Drift-net Conversion Project:
This project was developed for the benefit of the long liners ship-owners fleet in the Al Hoceima Harbour. It aims to raise awareness about new safety fishing equipment and techniques, with the aim of reducing the use of drift nets which have a huge impact on the Alboran biodiversity. See http://cetaceans.cfsites.org

Stock Fish Survey:
To be carried out in the Al Hoceima National Parc with the help and support of fishermen. The purpose being to consider the evolution of the biomass inside the Al Hoceima National Park. Volunteers are involved with carrying out this survey. 


Photo left: Contract agreed between FEM/Enviroment Ministry and the long liners ship-owners fleet in the Al Hoceima Harbour. 

 

     
 
Fishermen reunion inside the Al Hoceima National Park.
 
Scientist Beach Cleaning.
 
 

WORLD WETLANDS DAY

In celebration of World Wetlands Day I present an article about the remote hillside basin of the Al Wahda Dam and the threats to its rich but fragile ecosystem.

To read the article in French please click here.

Pour lire l'article en français cliquez svp ici.

World Wetlands Day takes place on 2nd February each year. It marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands that took place in 1971 in the Iranian city of Ramsar.