Kourkou resort in Nador suffers from waste accumulation despite its heritage value

The Kourkou resort in the province of Nador is experiencing a paradoxical situation, combining natural and historical beauty with obvious neglect in its management, with waste scattered in some areas, threatening the environment and disfiguring the site that houses the Thazouda fortress, classified as national heritage.
Civil actors have launched an appeal for intervention and the organization of a cleaning campaign, inviting volunteers to participate, but these initiatives raise questions about the limits of volunteer work and the need for institutions to assume their responsibilities.
Preserving Kourkou requires a sustainable strategy including the provision of containers, periodic cleaning, awareness signage, strengthened surveillance, and preventing the site from becoming a landfill.
The case also raises a broader question about the management of natural and heritage sites in Nador, where protection must not be limited to occasions or citizen initiatives, but requires a clear and continuous policy that makes environmental maintenance and heritage protection part of daily management, with defined mechanisms, resources, and responsibilities and effective control.