Morocco : Ifrane Cedar Forest

Morocco : Ifrane Cedar Forest

With Bouchra El Asri, water and forest engineer

Located in the Middle Atlas, the cedar forest of Ifrane is the largest cedar forests in the Mediterranean Basin. Economic heart for the rural population and largest water tower in the country, this forest is now threatened by overgrazing and illegal logging .

To protect the cedar , AFD is financing a program of collaborative management of forests with the help of local populations .

(video in French)