Like much of the Maghreb, Morocco faces current water scarcity, which is likely to intensify with climate change. Climate change projections include:
Increased temperatures and evapotranspiration
Declining and increasingly erratic rainfall
Reduced agricultural yields
Lower mountain snowfall and consequently increased streamflow variability
Changed to the canary current upwelling large marine ecosystem, and potential threats to fisheries
Coastal erosion
Decreasing resilience of forest resources, leading to habitat fragmentation and threats to endemic biodiversity
CBA activities in
Morocco will focus on adaptation both in natural resource-dependent communities, focusing on water, agriculture, forestry and coastal zones. Activities will be guided by the CBA Country Programme Strategy (English Abstract).
Tiwizi - Community Unites for adaptation to climate change
Project Photos
Oued (seasonal river) outside of Tarmkiste Oasis, Asrir Commune. The Oued formerly reached the oasis community, but no longer does due to the destruction of a nearby spring.
Oasis agroecosystem, Tarmkiste Oasis.
Photo of Tarmkiste Oasis, showing cut drying palms for use as fuel. Cutting of palm undermines the foundation of the Oasis ecosystem, but is required as fuel resources outside of the Oasis decline.
Closeup of cut palm drying in Tarmkiste Oasis.
Dead palm trees along an irrigation channel, Tiflit Oasis, Tata Commune. Increasing water stress increases the vulnerability of date palms to Bayoud, a fungal infection.
A woman in Tarmkiste Oasis demonstrating the use of palm fronds as fuel.
Concrete irrigation channels in Tiflit Oasis.
Kettara (traditional irrigation channel) outside of Tarmkiste Oasis. The Kettara has been destroyed in a flood, and no longer reaches the spring.
Project scoping meeting with men's representatives and local government in Tarmkiste Oasis. Pictured from right to left: Lamiss Naciri, SGP National Coordinator; Andrew Crane-Droesch, UNDP EEG CCA; M. Houmymid, National Coordinator, Programme d'Oasis du Sud; M. Nafawi, Local Government Representative, Asrir Rural Commune; two unnamed men's representatives.
Men's representatives at CBA project scoping meeting, Tarmkiste Oasis.
Project scoping meeting with women's representatives, Tarmkiste Oasis. Right to left: Lamiss Naciri, SGP National Coordinator; Animateur, Programme d'Oasis du Sud; Andrew Crane-Droesch, UNDP EEG CCA; unnamed women's representative.
Children and other community members, Tarmkiste Oasis. 2nd from right: Magali Zapata, UNV, UNDP Rabat.
Project scoping meeting with women's representatives, Tiflit Oasis. Clockwise from left: M. Houmymid, National Coordinator, Programme d'Oasis du Sud; Andrew Crane-Droesch, UNDP EEG CCA; Animateur, Programme d'Oasis du Sud; four unnamed women's representatives, 2 unnamed NGO representatives.
Men's representatives at CBA project scoping meeting, Tiflit Oasis.
Participatory mapping and project scoping, Tiflit Oasis. Left to right: Andrew Crane-Droesch, UNDP EEG CCA; Lamiss Naciri, SGP National Coordinator; M. Houmymid, National Coordinator, Programme d'Oasis du Sud; unnamed NGO representative.
Like much of the Maghreb, Morocco faces current water scarcity, which is likely to intensify with climate change. Climate change projections include:
