Attaqa: Algeria's Natural Resource Management Needs More Than Laws

[Attaqa] Algeria's natural resource management faces a gap between legal texts and conditions on the ground, according to an Attaqa article. The laws exist and targets have been announced, but the distance between the text and the field remains, the article said. It argued that protecting natural resources in Algeria, a country the size of a continent, requires tools that act before violations occur rather than pursuing them afterward. The article also said Algeria's wealth is habitually reduced to hydrocarbons and mines, as if only what lies underground deserved to be called wealth, while the country's natural assets extend beyond that.