This morning, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, the University of Kasdi-Merbah Ouargla, in coordination with the Ouargla District Council, organized a sensitization study day on forest fire prevention, in the conference hall of the University Directorate, in the presence of the University Director, Professor Mohamed Al-Taher Hleilat, the President of the Ouargla District Council, and the Attorney General of the Council. The judiciary, along with the local, security and military authorities, the Secretary-General of the University, the deputy directors, and the deans of the colleges.
Professors and researchers from the university also participated in this event, in addition to representatives of various relevant sectors, including civil protection, forestry, agriculture, religious affairs, and legal specialists.
The study day dealt with various aspects of preventing forest fires, the causes of their outbreak, as well as ways to prevent them, and touched on the environmental, economic and social impacts of forest fires, as well as tightening control over forests to prevent the outbreak of fires, in addition to enhancing cooperation between the various sectors concerned.