Seeds of Resilience Participatory Evaluation of Cereal and Legume Landraces in the Moroccan High Atlas 07 November 2025 PHOTOS COURTESY OF Inanc Tekguc and Louisa Aarrass The Global Diversity Foundation, in collaboration with the Raffaella Foundation, the Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research (PAR), Cadi Ayya
Guardians of the Argan Forest From soil to legacy: a new best-practices guide charts a regenerative path for Morocco’s argan oil cooperatives By Andrea Worthoff 01 October 2025 PHOTOS COURTESY OF Inanc Tekguc We are pleased to announce the release of Guardians of the Argan Forest, a practical, field-tested gu
Recent Peer-reviewed Articles By Ugo D’Ambrosio 24 SEPTEMBER 2025 PHOTOS COURTESY OF Inanc Tekguc The High Atlas of Morocco, one of the Mediterranean’s most distinctive biodiversity hotspots and a living mosaic of Amazigh cultural landscapes, faces accelerating ecological and socio-economic pressures. This
A journey through Laazib
The Seeds Distribution Journey in The High Atlas BY RACHID KADDOURI 23 JANUARY 2025 PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE AUTHOR The sun leaned slightly away from the zenith as we arrived in Talat N’Yaaqoub. People sheltered under small trees by the roadside, and the moment they spotted our vehicle, they emerged from their
Following the Footsteps Of Ancestors: GDF’s Mission To Restore and Protect Cultural Heritage Post Earthquake BY RACHID KADDOURI 22 JANUARY 2025 PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE AUTHOR My first field trip with the Global Diversity Foundation was an eye-opening experience, a journey that awakened childhood memories in th
Bio-physical and human characterization of High Atlas landscapes We are very pleased to share our latest HACL publication, entitled “No atlas for the High Atlas? Bio-physical and human characterization of the landscapes of the Moroccan High Atlas”, where we describe and detail the socioecological systems of
Live updates from the Moroccan High Atlas earthquake response.
Harvest Festival Chronicles: The Tale of Marrakech’s Vibrant Gastronomic and Artistic Odyssey BY YOUSSEF ROCHDANE, TRANSLATOR AND CONTENT WRITER 3 SEPTEMBER 2023 PHOTOS BY AYOUB BOUINBADEB The springtime curtain lifted on this year’s Harvest Festival Marrakech, unfurling a captivating tapestry of di
Empowering Communities: 2 New Rural Cooperatives Promoting Local Products BY YOUSSEF ROCHDANE, TRANSLATOR AND CONTENT WRITER 13 July 2023 Photos by COOPERATIVE TAYTMATE AND COOPERATIVE IMIRI This is the story of two cooperatives who recently joined us as part of the High Atlas Cultural Landscapes (HACL) program
