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
The Hima Well, a historical trade route

Tarq al-Thaqafi MAKKAH: Hima Well, one of the most ancient and significant stops along the [...]

26
Apr
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
The national arboretum of Tunis

In the framework of the inventory of Centers of Plant Diversity (IDV), developed as part [...]

29
Mar
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
The Botanic Garden of Sóller, new Med-O-Med member

We welcome the Jardí Botánic de Sóller to our Med-O-Med Botanical Gardens Network. Located in [...]

08
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
Jute, The Future’s Golden Fiber

From her high-rise flat in Kamalapur in downtown Dhaka, Nishat Tuly reviews a few of [...]

08
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 Valley of Ricote

Segundo Ríos Translation: Alfonso Casani – FUNCI The Valley of Ricote, also known as the [...]

27
Nov
More than a thousand million trees in the Sahara Desert

We know it is strange to find trees in the dessert. Even more when its [...]

15
Nov
The carob bean, origin and properties

The carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua L.) is a big tree original from the Mediterranean region. [...]

06
Nov
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 last hope for the Saharan cheetah

Sandrine Berthaud-Clair In spite that its speed reaches 112 km/h, at the beginning of April, [...]

06
Sep
Jordan’s Wild Tulips

Tulip is an obsession. There is something special about it, the way its fleshy flowers [...]

02
Sep
‘The Invisible Monument’, a tribute to qanats

Review of ‘The Invisible Monument’, by Sara Kamalvand. When one thinks about the emergence of civilisations [...]

02
Aug
Todmorden, the garden-city

Todmorden is considered the most edible town in the world. Located in West Yorkshire, England, [...]

10
Jul
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
Salé’s School of Gardening, a biodiversity niche

Text and photographs by Inés Eléxpuru – FUNCI We all know what has been and [...]

07
Jun
Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia’s Petra, and sustainable tourism

Hidden in the middle of the desert in Saudi Arabia, we find this wonder, the [...]

18
May
The real origin of European tulips

It is widely believed that tulips were introduced into Europe through Holland, a country which [...]

04
May
Faraján and its singular agrosystem

Not far away from Faraján urban centre (from the Arabic farhan, happy place), in Malaga [...]

12
Apr
The uniqueness of gardens in Ancient Egypt

The existence of gardens is as old as culture itself. We find it in early [...]

23
Mar
Flowering news from the School of Gardening of Morocco

We are already in 2020 and it is time to review our progress. Since the [...]

24
Feb
The Conference of the Birds

The Conference of the Birds is a Sufi poem written by Farid al-Din ‘Attar in [...]

19
Feb
Interview to Dr. Sawalha, from Al-Quds University Botanic Garden

Last Monday January 13th, we participated in a courtesy visit to Al Quds University Andalusian [...]

17
Feb
Davos, a billion trees against climate change

The World Economic Forum 2020, celebrated in Davos last January, has launched an ambitious world [...]

10
Feb