The palm grove between extinction threat... and protection efforts
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The palm grove between extinction threat... and protection efforts

by Fatima Ezzahra El Ghazali, PhD student, Zagora, Morocco

the oasis of Draa river are distinguished with the singularity and attraction of their natural landscape, and they hold an environmental heritage with a world value represented in palm trees, they are suffering today from an extreme vulnerability threatening their continuity, imposed by climate changes, Fusarium disease spread, besides other human factors.