Ecotourism and Conservation in Morocco

Ltnin Imin'Tlit, Morocco

From March 2004 to May 2006 I served as a Community Forestry Agent with the Moroccan Ministry of Water and Forests and the U.S. Peace Corps with my wife in a small village in the Argan Biosphere Reserve in southwest Morocco. During my time there I worked on a project to document and identify the plants present in the Amsittene Mountian Protected Area. Below are several products from this work and related materials.

Resources

Guide to the plants of Amsittene Mountain, Argan Biosphere Reserve (in French)

An ethnobotanical handbook describing the plants of Amsittene Mountain and their uses that I put together with the help of the Moroccan Minstry of Water and Forests , ENDA Maghreb , the Mens' Association of Imin'tlit, and the people of Imin'tlit.

Conducting a Floral Biodiversity Inventory

Presentation given to 2005 Peace Corps Training group on conducting a photo inventory of floral biodiversity in rural areas

Imin'tlit Community Resource Book

Describes the village of Imin'tlit and all its resources (human, organizational, and environmental)

Location of Morocco and the Argan Biosphere Reserve

Map illustrating the location of the Argan Biosphere Reserve and Mount Amsitene (in French) from ENDA Maghreb

Topological map of Mount Amsittene

Topological map of Mount Amsittene from the Moroccan Government

Cooperative Database

Database I developed to organize all the data created by the Tamounte Women's Argan Cooperative . The database was developed for a specific Cooperative but could be easily be used by another. Database is in Microsoft Access format.