Thesis: A political ecology of cedar forests in Morocco's Middle Atlas: political interactions, practices and socio-ecological dynamics
Defended on 28 October 2015
Academic background
École Normale Supérieure de Paris.
Doctoral research
Dynamics of cedar-forest ecosystems in Morocco's Middle Atlas: ecological trajectories and changing societal demands.
Host laboratories
AgroParisTech GEEFT; Centre de Bio-Archéologie et d'Écologie, Montpellier; Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Rabat
Supervision
Christelle Hély (EPHE/CBAE) and Mohammed Aderghal (Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Rabat)
Doctoral school
ABIES Doctoral School, AgroParisTech
Summary
The thesis combines social and ecological perspectives to analyse the trajectories of Middle Atlas cedar forests, the effects of major twentieth-century societal changes and the competing interpretations of forest degradation and management.