Journal of Earth Science & Climatic Change
Open Access

Abstract

This paper will focus on strategies and policies to combat desertification to ensure sustainable development in Algeria in the context of climate change and will present a long-term perspective of rational management of natural resources and a set of scenarios on climate change and its impact in Algeria. Our study analyzed the relationship between desertification and climate change in Algeria, particularly in the steppe region as a multidimensional problem: economic, social, environmental and cultural. It will showcase the most important national projects aimed at eradicating poverty and improving the life of steppe areas such as the Green Dam project, which aims to achieve ecological balance in these affected areas. Next, clarify the role of local civil society in raising awareness of the importance of protecting the environment and reducing desertification. Since the signing of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in 1996, Algeria has made great efforts to reduce the spread of desertification and land reclamation in arid and remote areas and in many local areas directly impacted on sustainable development in general.

Biography

Ali Abbas Abdeldjalil had his Magister degree in political science specializing in Governance and Development at the University of Batna in Algeria in 2017 and is an enrolled third-year doctoral level student in political science specializing in Communication and Development at the National Superior School of Political Science in Algeria. He is the General Secretary of Association “Dounia of Environmental Protectors in Chlef” in Algeria since 2008. He participated in more than 10 seminars between national and international. He is a Former coordinator of the national organization for the protection of the environment and tourism exchange in Algeria during the period 2015-2016 and a founder member of the Algerian forum of young executives in Algiers in 2018.

E-mail: jellil.aliabbes@hotmail.com