Perma Atlas Initiative
Home to 1200 people and with an altitude of 1800 m, the low Atlas Mountain area in Morocco is very dry and arid, with little to no trees outside of the river valleys. In recent years, climate change has brought prolonged periods of drought, flooding, and erosion of mountain slopes which have severely impacted the land. Soil fertility has declined, and the landscape has become extremely dry and degraded – partly as a result of implementing unsustainable agricultural techniques. Unpredictable rainfall and intense droughts have created problems such as soil erosion, landslides, and a reduction in healthy and productive land for agriculture.