Mobilising useful plant conservation to enhance Atlas mountain community livelihoods
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main Project
VALUE £312,660
WHERE Morocco
Summary
Integrated conservation of 12 threatened culturally-important plant species and management of Important Plant Areas in the Atlas Mountains is achieved through community action and capacity building, accompanied by improved livelihoods through agroecological production, water resource rehabilitation, access to medical care, secondary education for girls and sustainable harvest of useful plants. Integrated conservation of regionally threatened culturally-important plant species and management of Important Plant Areas in the Atlas Mountains is achieved through Amazigh community action and capacity-building, accompanied by improved livelihoods.
Association des Amis du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Mohamed VI, Agropolis Resource Center for Crop Conservation, Adaptation and Diversity, High Commission for Water and Forests and Desertification, Imdoukal Znaga Cooperative – Imegdale, RESING Ressources Ingénierie, UMR AGAP - Joint Research Unit on Genetic Improvement and Adaptation of Mediterranean and Tropical Plants, Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II, Rabat, Cadi Ayyad University - Biology, BEYA Capital, Association de Bienfaisance et de Développement du Bassin de l'Ourika (ABDBO), International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry areas (ICARDA) - Lebanon, Moroccan Biodiversity and Livelihoods Association (MBLA), Aska cooperative for women and children – Ait M’hamed
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