Didier GENIN, Romain SIMENEL
IRD-LPED, Marseille
Presentation for the conference on
Taking stock of smallholders and community forestry
Montpellier France
March 24-26, 2010
Hey, my berber friend, draw me a rural forest! The functional shaping of rural forests in southern morocco
1. Hey, my Berber Friend, draw me a rural forest ! The functional shaping of rural forests in Southern Morocco Didier GENIN, Romain SIMENEL IRD-LPED, Marseille
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4. Forest management in the Berber world The Berber word A gdal refers to a sylvopastoral territory in which access and uses are regulated by a customary authority (usually the village or tribal assembly) It mainly consists in a temporary exclosure of an area from grazing or harvesting (wood, tree foliage, fruits)… … but a high diversity of situations can be found
5. Two areas, two ecologies, but in both cases a highly shaped forest landscape