Moroccan High Atlas: cypress replanting unsuccessful without dual cultivation with lavender or mycorrhizal fungi - Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)

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© IRD / Olivier Barrière Arable land denshering around Elahé, Amerindian village Wayana in French Guiana Indigo 44480  

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Moroccan High Atlas: cypress replanting unsuccessful without dual cultivation with lavender or mycorrhizal fungi

December 2006

Scientific newssheets

© IRD / Robin Duponnois Effet de l'inoculation du champignon mycorhizien à arbuscules (Glomus intraradices) sur la croissance de C. arizonica, C. atlantica et C. sempervirens. Indigo 37429  

Desertification, erosion and human activities are threatening many plant species in Morocco. In the forests of the High Atlas, reforestation with cypress is one of the priorities of the Moroccan government’s environmental management strategy.

Scientific news sheet # 255 (PDF, 102 Ko)