{"id":3199,"date":"2025-12-04T15:45:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T14:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cosyfop.ovh\/?p=3199"},"modified":"2025-12-04T15:45:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T14:45:55","slug":"protection-de-la-biodiversite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cosyfop.ovh\/en\/protection-de-la-biodiversite\/","title":{"rendered":"A Truth That Strikes a Nerve: What Sparked the Backlash Against the Environmental Protection Committee\u2019s \u201cRescue Statement\u201d ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Fight for Environmental Awareness Enters a Breaking-Point Phase<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Barely had the ink dried on the national statement issued on 1 December 2025 by the National Committee for Environment, Forests and Climate (CNEFC\/COSYFOP)\u2014a stark alarm call to save what remains of Algeria\u2019s wildlife\u2014when a wave of fierce, coordinated attacks erupted from certain hunting associations, denouncing the Committee\u2019s position as \u201chostile\u201d and \u201cunrealistic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This aggressive backlash\u2014expected as it was\u2014reveals one undeniable fact: the statement hit its mark and exposed what many preferred to keep hidden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A post by the Wildlife Hunting Association on Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cEnvironmental Partner\u201d Excuse: Reality or Convenient Fiction?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In their agitated responses, several hunting associations \u2014 according to posts circulating on social media \u2014 claim that hunters are \u201ckey partners in environmental protection,\u201d and that the Environmental and Forestry Protection Committee\u2019s statement merely \u201ccovers up its own failures.\u201d\nBut this raises an obvious question: Where was this supposed \u201cpartnership\u201d during the silent extermination of Algeria\u2019s wildlife over the past quarter century?\nIs \u201cenvironmental partnership\u201d meant to include hunting during breeding seasons?\nDoes it include chasing exhausted animals during severe droughts when they are already struggling to survive?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talking about \u201cresponsible hunting\u201d in the current catastrophic state of our forests and steppes is pure fantasy. The reality on the ground, as observed by provincial committees in Constantine, Guelma, Tiaret, and elsewhere, documents devastated forests, laid traps, and four-wheel-drive vehicles wreaking havoc\u2014not the \u201cpartners maintaining ecological balance\u201d they claim to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Does a Hunting Ban Frighten Them So Much?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hunting associations rushed to label the proposed \u201cfive-year hunting ban\u201d as a decision that \u201chas no scientific basis.\u201d\nYet science \u2014 and basic logic \u2014 say exactly the opposite: when a species is facing the threat of mass collapse (the precise term used in our statement), the first and universally accepted measure is an immediate halt to hunting, allowing nature the biological rest it desperately needs to recover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their rejection of this proposal \u2014 and their attempt to portray it as an attack on their so-called \u201clegitimate rights\u201d \u2014 reveals a purely consumerist mindset, one that treats wildlife as a commodity or a recreational pastime rather than as part of an ecosystem taking its last breaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defending the Future \u2014 Not the Firearm<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

**Portraying the Committee\u2019s statement as an attempt to \u201cdemonize hunters\u201d is nothing more than a desperate attempt to derail the real debate.\nOur position was explicit: we oppose illegal and unregulated hunting, we oppose lawlessness, and we oppose the abuses of those who enjoy influence and impunity.\nSo if these associations genuinely oppose illegal hunting \u2014 as they claim \u2014 why did they erupt in anger at a statement calling for tougher sanctions and dismantling hunting lobbies?\nShouldn\u2019t a true \u201cenvironmental partner\u201d welcome the proposal for a dedicated hotline to report violations, rather than attack it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Message Is Unwavering: History Will Record This Moment<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The National Committee for Environment, Forests and Climate (COSYFOP) affirms that smear campaigns will not deter it from fulfilling its duty.\nWe are not here to appease hunting enthusiasts; we are here to answer to our conscience and to future generations \u2014 generations that deserve to see a gazelle running free, or a bird soaring over Algeria\u2019s skies, not preserved as trophies in someone\u2019s \u201chunting memories.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s battle is not between the Environmental, Forest and Climate Protection Committee and hunters.\nIt is a battle between a consciousness that recognizes the danger ahead and narrow interests that refuse to see beyond the barrel of a gun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Protecting our wildlife is a responsibility we all share \u2014 and, in the end, the field will deliver the final verdict.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Download the statement in Arabic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Download the statement in English<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Download the statement in French<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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