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:

-   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

-    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;

-   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; 

-   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;

-   Mr the Ambassador of Spain in Morocco who also welcomed the conference, but could not be present at its opening ceremony;

-   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;

-   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