Welcome and participant registration.

Official opening and reading of a Royal Message by Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Hasnaa, President of the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection and « Ambassador for the Coast » by the United Nations Environment Programme.

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Session President: Mr. Abdeladim Lhafi, High Commissioner of Water, Forests and Combating Desertification.

• United Nations Development Programme: Mr Bruno Pouëzat, Coordinator of UN System and Resident Representative United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Morocco.

• Biodiversity conservation and sustainable development: Mr Mohammed Ribi, Head of Division, Parks and Nature Reserves, High Commission for Water, Forests, and Combating Desertification.

• Challenges of Biodiversity Conservation in Corsica and the Mediterranean shores of France by the land purchase deal with pressures from urbanization and tourism in particular:Mr Michel Muracciole, Regional Director of Conservatory of the Coast of Corsica.

• Sustainable tourism: Mr Jack Soifer , International expert.

• Prince Charles Foundation for the Built Environment : Mr Hooper Brooks, Director of International Programmes.

• Cousteau Divers : Divers World Protection Officers of Seas and Oceans: Mrs Noémie Stroh , Director of Science and Environnement of Cousteau Foundation.

• Mobility of coastel dunes, public use of the coast, and area preservation: Mr Jean Favennec,National Forestry office.

• Preservation of coastal dunes: A sustainable alternative to the use of dune sands for constraction: Mr Yahya BOUCHAQOUR, Consultant, and Mr Hassan JAI, President of the Professional Sand Association(APS)..

• University of Dakar :Mrs Isabelle Niang

• Cousteau Foundation : Mrs Noémie Stroh , Director of Science and Environnement.

• Oued Eddahab Lagouira region : Potential, threats and preservation efforts: Mr Mohamed El Amine Semlali, President of the Nature Initiative Association.

• Artificial reefs in Souiria K’Dima : Mr Mohammed Idhalla , Research Professor, Aquaculture laboratory Manager at the National Institute for Fishery Research.

• Promotion of mussel collecting and biodiversity conservation: Mrs Elham Boumaaza, State Engineer, in Charge of the National Human Development Initiative (INDH) at the Department of Maritime Fishing.

• Experience of the first forum of Ecology and Sustainable Development in Forest Park and Zoological of Hann: Mr Mohamadou Sall, President of AGAD Association “Act for a Sustainable Africa”.

• Role of NGOs in Education for coastal protection: Presentation of the Moroccan case by the Association of Educators in Life and Earth Science (AESVT) : Mr Said Chakri, Professor and Responsible manager of the Education and Environment Center.

• Role of information in coastal protection: Presentation of the Moroccan case by the Superior Institute of Information and Communication: Mr Abdelouahhab ERRAMI, Research Professor.

• Portugal’s Eco-Schools programme: Mr José Archer.

• Testimonial by : Mrs Agnès Troublé, Presidente of Tara Foundation.

• UNESCO : Mrs Aline Bory-Adams, Chief of Section for Coordination, Division for the Coordination of UN Priorities in Education.

• ISESCO : Mr Abdelwareth Sarhan, Expert of Science.

• The role of education in the sustainable management of Mediterranean coastal zone: Professor Michael Scoullos, Director of the Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture, and Sustainable Development (MIO ESCDE).

• International Union for Conservation (IUCN) : Mr Andres Alcantara, Coordinator of corporation center of international for Mediterranean.

• Clinton Initiative Climate: Mr Jan Hartke.

• Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection, mission and actions in environmental awareness: Mr Lhoucine Tijani, Chief Delegate.