Restoration of Historic Parks and Garden
The safeguarding and development of the palm grove of MarrakechThe safeguarding and development program, launched in March 2007, began with cleaning up the site and rehabilitating the plantations: cleaning, pruning, selecting suitable varieties, setting up a communal nursery and planting over 600,000 young palm trees. Irrigation facilities were installed: wells, re-use of treated water from the city's treatment plant....
Awareness-raising and education work was carried out with all audiences: schoolchildren in Eco-Schools, Green Key labeling of hotel establishments, educational trails and walking paths.
A pilot project to support farming families is under way to stabilize long-established populations in the area, by introducing practices that are both more respectful of the environment and more profitable.
The Goals
- Introduction
- Implementation
- Achievements
Protect the Palm Grove of Marrakech from damage
Provide it with sustainable means of survival and renewal
Contribute to stopping the degradation of the Palm grove and activate legal and regulatory protections
Rehabilitate, regenerate and maintain plantations
Sensitize and educate local residents and visitors
Promote sustainable agriculture to settle populations and maintain the palm grove
Implementation
The Foundation brought together public institutions, administrations and private partners to immediately rescue the endangered palm grove, with a long-term strategy.
Establishing institutional mesures of coordination: high-level steering committee, framework agreements with institutional partners, observatory, etc.
Awareness building and education as part of the Foundation's programs: Eco-Schools, Green Key and educational trails.
Regeneration of the palm grove: communal nursery, plantations, irrigation.
Inclusion of local populations by means of a pilot agro-ecology program.