Morocco to develop environment comprehensive Charter before end-2009, FM

      "A national comprehensive Charter of environment is being developed by the Moroccan government, and will be finalized before the end of this year, with the aim of saving space, reserves and natural resources," the minister said during a Summit on climate change, opened Tuesday at UN headquarters, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly General Debate.

       As part of its commitment to support the international multilateral process for the establishment of an International Regime on Climate Change, Morocco calls for setting up an international fund for Clean Technology that would finance energy projects, generating a low carbon emission in developing countries, the minister added.

        He also said that climate change which is combined with inappropriate development policies had devastating effects on natural resources, especially in Africa where the effects are particularly felt in terms of desertification, land degradation, loss of biodiversity, and deforestation.