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I've been a keen naturtalist and enviromentalist as long as I can remember so investing in Saidia was a dilema for me.

I used to jump on my high horse at every potential enviromental disturbance, however I've come round to the notion that there are often benefits to wildlife from Mans altering the landscape.

Example; A knee jerk enviromentalist (me a few years back) would have said roads have an impact effect on natural habitats and bio diversity, however, the reverse is true. Road side verges are packed full of wild flora and fauna, and offer 'corridors' for wildlife that sterile mono - culture farmers fields did not.

Saidia - it's impossible for me to asses the negatives and positives, but one way or another developments like this will be built as the Moroccan population seeks economic improvement so that thier kids might one day enjoy the standard of living we take for granted.
I would expect there to be benefits, for example there are many water features such as rivers and lakes planned, and also the golf courses themselves will create a lush enviroment for mini beasts. Golf courses provide large areas of 'rough' grass that are a haven for nature.

GLOBAL WARMING; I was banging on about this 25 years ago - a lonely experience I can tell you as almost no one back then knew about it.
I'm afraid it's absolutely enivatable - every child born adds a massive footprint and world birth rates are exploding so there really is nothing we as individuals can do that will make even 0,5% difference. No doubt your computer has a transformer that is plugged in all night even though switched off.

The only hope is that ALL fuel will become carbon neutral and that other offsetting measures are introduced such as giant reflectors in deserts, carbon sinks into oceans, phyto plankton encouragement, growing forsts, roof fields (Rolls Royce has one) etc.

FLOODING THE MED; - I would imagine this will not be allowed to happen. Many systems could be put in place to cope with sea level rises which might include a damn accross the Med entrance, water channelled into the Sahara and so on.