Reforestation campaign of 11/29/1964
Tree plantations throughout the Maghreb, from the Rif to Jebel Nefoussa, in Libya, have always struck European travelers and the first French soldiers in the 19th century.
Unfortunately, from 4 to 5 million hectares in 1830, the Algerian forest would only cover 3.2 million hectares around 1950. Thus, in the space of 120 years, nearly two thirds of Algeria's forests were destroyed. Three quarters of this area concerns Orania.
The rate of afforestation will then become one of the lowest in the Western Mediterranean basin. The overexploitation of the forest was such that researchers demanded, from 1950, its total rest and care for a period of 40 years.
In 1964, some 375,000 ha had been treated and preserved, more than double what the French administration achieved in 10 years. If from 1850 to 1956, only 30,000 ha were forested, on the other hand two years of independence were enough to greatly exceed this area.
The public authorities organize two popular reforestation campaigns each year. It also involves reconstituting pastures and steppes and reviving dead, eroded and gullied lands.
For all this, volunteering is considered a school of high civic value.
Unfortunately, from 4 to 5 million hectares in 1830, the Algerian forest would only cover 3.2 million hectares around 1950. Thus, in the space of 120 years, nearly two thirds of Algeria's forests were destroyed. Three quarters of this area concerns Orania.
The rate of afforestation will then become one of the lowest in the Western Mediterranean basin. The overexploitation of the forest was such that researchers demanded, from 1950, its total rest and care for a period of 40 years.
In 1964, some 375,000 ha had been treated and preserved, more than double what the French administration achieved in 10 years. If from 1850 to 1956, only 30,000 ha were forested, on the other hand two years of independence were enough to greatly exceed this area.
The public authorities organize two popular reforestation campaigns each year. It also involves reconstituting pastures and steppes and reviving dead, eroded and gullied lands.
For all this, volunteering is considered a school of high civic value.