Ouezzane - Efforts are underway to control the forest fires that broke out in the communes of Zoumi and Mokrisset in the province of Ouezzane, local sources said Friday. Human resources ...

Taza - Some 400 hectares of land were destroyed on Friday by the wildfire that broke out in the Bab Azhar forest in the province of Taza, local sources said. No ...

Rabat - The High Commissioner for Planning, Ahmed Lahlimi, stressed, Thursday in Rabat, the need to change the agricultural policy and give more importance to family farms. Speaking at a meeting ...

Rabat - A quake of magnitude 3.7 on the Richter scale was recorded Wednesday off the coast of the province of Driouch, said the National Institute of Geophysics (ING). The tremor, ...

Paris- Two fires raging in southwestern France have displaced thousands of campers and burned over 1,200 hectares of forest land, local authorities informed on Wednesday. Efforts to contain the fire in ...

Prague- Europe plans to send experts to Ukraine to help Kiev assess the environmental damage caused by the ongoing hostilities and to support the country's efforts in ensuring environmental protection, ...

Rabat - The Rabat Zoological Garden announced on Tuesday that it has implemented actions to ensure the well-being of its animals during the heatwave that sweeps across the region. "Although none of the species presented at the zoo is particularly fragile, given that the animal collection has been chosen based on its ability to adapt to the climatic conditions of the country, some species need more attention," the Rabat Zoo said in a statement. "The living spaces of many animals are equipped with permanent water basins, shaded areas and watering troughs in sufficient quantity,” the statement read. "Veterinary and health team is working to bring freshness to some species, by implementing a program of enrichment, based on the distribution of sorbets with pieces of fruit, vegetables, meat or fish, in order to refresh them," the statement added. Created in 2007, the National Zoological Garden's mission is to conserve and protect animals and ecosystems in which they live, as well as to contribute to the safeguarding of some of the rarest or most endangered species of fauna.

Paris- Hundreds of firefighters are battling a massive forest fire Friday in the southern French department of Gard that burned 600 hectares and forced the evacuation of nearby villages. Firefighters backed ...

Rome - The death toll from Sunday's collapse of a huge block of the Marmolada glacier, the highest peak in the Italian Alps, has risen to ten, after the discovery ...

Rabat - Parliamentarians can contribute significantly to the achievement of food and nutrition security at the global, national and local levels, said, Thursday in Rabat, Coordinator for Parliamentary Alliances at ...

Rabat- The government continues to work to remedy the problem of drinking water shortage in the Kingdom, said Thursday in Rabat, the Minister Delegate in charge of Relations with Parliament, ...

Washington - The conservative majority on the US Supreme Court is manifesting its influence in decisions that are or potentially will change decades of case law interpreting the balance of ...

Ankara- Turkey banned entry to all the forests of its largest city Istanbul on Tuesday until the end of July over fire concerns, according to local officials. Istanbul Governor Ali Yerlikaya ...

Canberra- Around 50,000 Australians have been given evacuation orders or warnings after torrential rains caused a deluge in suburban Sydney, AAP news agency said on Tuesday citing authorities. Prime Minister Anthony ...

Rabat - The Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad, Nasser Bourita and the Singaporean Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vivian Balakrishnan, signed Monday in Rabat, a memorandum of ...

Ankara - Turkey has discovered a reserve of rare-earth elements (REE) in the northwestern province of Eskişehir sufficient to cover the global demand for 1,000 years, Turkish media reported on ...

Rabat - The Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection, chaired by Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Hasnaa, is participating in Lisbon in the second United Nations Ocean Conference. This second edition, ...

Rabat - Morocco is fully committed within the international community to face the challenges linked to protecting the oceans, preserving biodiversity and addressing climate change, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural ...