Category Archives: Sustainable Development

Conservation of biodiversity today is only possible through the active involvement of the rural population. MED-O-MED aims to help improve standards of living for the peoples of the Mediterranean and the Middle East by setting up projects for participation at grass-roots level, thus guaranteeing respect for nature and for local societies and their way of life.

Can Fig Trees Help Us Adapt To A Changing Climate?

The resilience of these ancient trees prompted a research initiative to study the fruit’s potential [...]

19
Sep
Hassan Fathy, the architect ahead of his time

A pioneer in the revival of age-old building techniques, a century ago, he claimed the [...]

22
May
The Arabs’ age-old invention against drought

The severity of the drought is a growing problem in many parts of Spain. In [...]

22
May
In the land of oil, young Arabs stand up for environment

Kuwait is a laboratory for environmental activism in the land of black gold, but with [...]

04
Dec
At the Salé gardening school, we go for more

The Med-O-Med Gardening School, located in Salé, Morocco, was recently inaugurated for the 2023-2024 academic [...]

03
Nov
Med-O-Med Gardening School in its fifth year of existence

The Med-O-Med gardening school in Salé, Morocco, is now in its fifth year of operation, [...]

20
Feb
End of course at the gardening school

The Med-O-Med gardening school in Salé, Morocco, an environmental and social project developed by FUNCI, [...]

22
Jun
When plants are politics in Palestine

(Cover photo: David Silverman / Getty Images) The video opens with images of sun-drenched rows [...]

10
Jun
“Routes of the Olive Tree”, new Med-O-Med member

We are pleased to announce that the Cultural Foundation the “Routes of the Olive Tree” [...]

22
Mar
Climate change, heat stress and the risks for the Gulf

Trying to catch a bus at the Maliya station in Kuwait City can be unbearable [...]

28
Feb
The Algerian foggara, an ancient irrigation system in danger of extinction

The high temperatures and arid soil of much of North Africa and the Middle East [...]

28
Jan
New horizons for the Med-O-Med School

The year 2021 is coming to an end, and with it, the first quarter of [...]

24
Dec
Climate change and Arabic ditches in the South of Spain

Cristina Armunia Berges On the southern face of Sierra Nevada, many of the irrigation ditches [...]

28
Nov
Fires in Akkar, an urgent need for means in civil society

Lebanon, Algeria, Italy, Greece, Turkey… the entire Mediterranean basin region was plagued by unprecedented wildfires [...]

12
Nov
Climate emergency and the future of the Mediterranean

Alfonso Casani – FUNCI Environmental degradation is leading more and more institutions and countries to [...]

26
Oct
The monarch butterfly, a threatened migratory species

Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) are characterized by their resilience and migration. Each year, in a [...]

18
Oct
Cultural heritage and training for the sustainability of the M’Hamid Oasis

The NGDO Terrachidia is the latest addition to the Med-O-Med network, cultural landscapes of the [...]

26
Jul
End of the academic year in the School of Gardening Med-O-Med

The academic year 2020-2021 has ended in the School of Gardening Bouregreg Med-O-Med of Salé, [...]

22
Jul
Akkar Trail, new Med-O-Med member for the promotion of eco-tourism

We are pleased to welcome Akkar Trail to our Med-O-Med Network as a training and raising [...]

23
Jun
The Great Green Wall of Africa

Since 2007, some twenty African countries have been promoting an ambitious reforestation initiative: the construction [...]

21
Jun
May 10th, the new International Argania Day

The United Nations General Assembly, at the request of Morocco, has recognized May 10th as [...]

10
May
Urban oases to refresh cities

Yann Lagarde (France Culture) What if we put water fountains back in the centre of [...]

05
May
In Tunisia, the “Lady of Acacias” fights against desertification

Simon Speakman Cordall The dusty Peugeot rumbles along the road, parallel to the ancient aqueduct [...]

09
Apr
A breath of fresh air from the Med-O-Med School

We have fresh news from the School of gardening Bouregreg Med-O-Med. Fresh and humid, as [...]

11
Feb
Enhancing ecosystem services in Apple orchards

This article, published originally in The applied ecologist, focus on how sustainable agriculture can be [...]

02
Feb
Taking action: The School of Gardening Bouregreg

This video presents an interview to Inés Eléxpuru, Director of communication of the Islamic Culture [...]

18
Jan
Sustainable jobs and businesses in Tunisia

Walking between the machines at the Sobref textile factory, Mohamed Ali takes a pair of [...]

08
Dec
The School of Gardening Bouregreg, against all odds

We continue to live in times of crisis, and Morocco is no exception. Still, at [...]

04
Oct
The ‘trementinaires’, or the women of the forest

An old profession in the Vansa and Tuixent valley Isidre Domenjó They deeply knew the [...]

01
Jul
Why you’re craving the outdoors during the coronavirus lockdown

When the long-awaited warm sunny weather arrived in Toronto over the weekend, hundreds flocked to [...]

19
Jun