Sylva-World for Development and the Protection of Forests and the Environment
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Sylva-World for Development and the Protection of Forests and the Environment is an international Non-Governmental Organization (NGO). It is a non-political and non-profit making organization which was created in 1996 in Morocco where it is based, in the city of Casablanca.
Objectives:
In close connection with the international authorities, and in close collaboration with the national or international, public or private bodies, working in the same direction, and within the framework of the encouragement of the abilities of the civil society, as key actor and as partner of the Governmental Departments in the implementation of Sustainable Development, and its acting role in the National Initiative of Human Development, the NGO Sylva-World has, among others, the following objectives, to participate to:
-The improvement of the inhabitants' standard of life, particularly those living in remote rural areas with scarce resources and limited basic infrastructures ; and the achievement of human sustainable development;
-The protection of natural resources and their sustainable development;
-The protection of the Environment and its improvement;
-The protection of Forests and their sustainable development;
-Combating desertification, and the creation of landscapes with greener, healthier and more hospitable environment.
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