SONREP presents natural-resources report at Sahrawi foreign ministry

A conference presenting a new report by the Sahrawi Observatory for Monitoring Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, SONREP, opened on September 19, 2026, at the Sahrawi Republic’s foreign ministry headquarters in Shaheed El Hafed, Sahara Press Service reported. The meeting brought together researchers, representatives of Sahrawi institutions and members of Sahrawi and Algerian civil society. Discussion addressed the report’s findings on natural resources in Western Sahara and environmental impacts associated with their exploitation. Participants also called for more research and documentation involving students and younger researchers. SPS said the meeting sought greater public attention to resource exploitation and the protection of Sahrawi resource rights. These are the positions reported by the Sahrawi state news service, not independent legal findings established by this research. The retrieved article confirms the presentation and its subject matter, but does not reproduce the report’s datasets, quantify environmental damage or document a new commercial project. No such figures or investment claims can be established from this account.