At
the end of the international Conference "FOREST, SOCIEY AND
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT", which took place on March 19, 2007,
in Casablanca, I would like, as conference Chair and
as President of
the NGO SYLVA-WORLD for Development and the Protection of Forests
and the Environment, to
extend my
sincere thanks to all those who, by a way or another, helped in
organizing this conference and in making it a big success.
My thanks go particularly to:
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The Participants to the conference, who, in large
number and of various formation, attended the conference and took
actively part in its workshops and sessions'discussions
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The University Hassan II - Ain Shock, of
Casablanca, in the person of its President, and the Faculty of
juridical, economic and social science, of the afore-said
university, in the person of Mr the Dean and all his collaborators,
for having kindly accepted to host this conference in their
premises, and for their kind assistance and efficient
collaboration which helped passing off the conference in very good
conditions;
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The High Commissariat of Waters, Forests and
Combating Desertification
(HCWFCD), in the person of Mr the High
Commissary Abdelaâdim LHAFI, and the Secretary General Hammou
JADER, and their collaborators, at central level, in Rabat, and at
regional level, in Casablanca(DREF of the Centre). The HCWFCD has
immediately welcomed the idea of organizing such a conference,
which was presented to it by SYLVA-WORLD to which, Mr the Secretary General, on behalf of the HCWFCD,
made sound remarks, which greatly helped raising the
scientific level of the event. The HCWFCD also participated,
through the delivery of interesting presentations,
in the conference opening ceremony, as well as
in its different workshops, and took actively part in the
discussions of the different sessions, and participated to the
formulation of the conference recommendations;
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations (FAO) which,
through
its Representative in Morocco,
welcomed the conference and contributed to its success,
particularly through the personal participation of
Dr.
Halila, FAO Rep. to the the opening ceremony;
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Mr the Ambassador of Spain in Morocco who also
welcomed the conference, but could not be present at its opening
ceremony;
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The Association of Morocco's Engineers(GIM)
which insisted in collaborating to the conference organization and
which indeed,
helped a lot in this way. Many thanks to the colleagues enginners
from GIM, who attended the conference, and especially
to Mr. Noureddine ZNIBER, present GIM President, and to
Mr. Abid HEDDOUN, former President;
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The paper authors, from Morocco and abroad,
whose abstracts were selected by the conference selection
committee. I regret that some of the selected authors could not
attend Casablanca.
To
all, I reiterate my thanks
and ensure you that
SYLVA-WORLD will
arrange to meet
you again
during its next socio-cultural events.
All
the best
Dr. Mohammed ELLATIFI
Conference Chair
President, SYLVA-WORLD for Development and the
Protection of
Forests and the Environment
E-mail: sylva.world@yahoo.fr
Website: www.ellatifi.fr.fm