M’Sila – Today, Sunday, 25 October 2026, Mr. Nadjmeddine Tayar, Wali of M’Sila Province, presided over the activities commemorating National Tree Day, observed annually on 25 October, in the Djaouna area of the Municipality of El Maâdid.
The event was attended by the Vice-President of the Provincial People’s Assembly, members of the Provincial Security Committee, representatives of the revolutionary family, the Local Delegate of the Mediator of the Republic, the Conservator of Forests, the Director of the Environment, the Head of the Ouled Derradj District, directors of the provincial executive departments, the presidents of the Municipal People’s Assemblies of El M’tarfa, Souamaa, Ouled Derradj, El Maâdid and Ouled Addi Guebala, and members of the Provincial People’s Assembly.
Participants also included members of the People’s National Army, various security services, public directorates and institutions, municipal services, environmental associations and clubs, members of the Muslim Scouts, civil society representatives, associations and a large number of citizens.
The Wali and the accompanying delegation received a presentation on the forestry sector, highlighting the rich animal and plant diversity of the area. A further presentation outlined the main achievements under the Green Dam programme in M’Sila Province during 2023, 2024 and 2025.
The Wali then officially launched projects aimed at rehabilitating, expanding and developing the Green Dam. He also marked the opening of the 2026–2027 hunting season, supervised the release of game animals, and launched a large-scale tree-planting campaign in the Djaouna area of the Municipality of El Maâdid, involving the planting of 1,400 saplings.
The tree-planting campaign took place in an energetic and dynamic atmosphere, with the aim of restoring vegetation and forest cover and achieving the environmental and economic objectives of this national initiative.
At the conclusion of the campaign, the total number of saplings planted across the municipalities of the province reached 10,350.
