Africa & Arab States

Morocco

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The country hosts the UNESCO Cluster Office in Rabat, which covers Algeria, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia.

The Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve of the Mediterranean, shared by Spain and Morocco, was established and officially designated in 2006.

Morocco’s northern mountains are subject to frequent earthquakes and periodic droughts. It participates in many projects to increase capacity building in the fields of mitigating disaster, sustainable development, water management and to reinforce women’s capacities.

Below you can access the projects that are currently being implemented in the country within the framework of UNESCO’s Natural Sciences Sector.

Freshwater

- Hydrology for the Environment, Life and Policy programme (HELP) project in the Drâa Basin More

- UNESCO interdisciplinary Chair in Sustainable Water Resources Management, established in 1998 at the Hassania School of Public Works More

- UNESCO Chair ‘Water, Women and Decision-making’, established in 2006 at the University Al Akhawayn, Ifrane More

People, Biodiversity and Ecology

- Global change and mountain regions (GLOCHAMORE) 

- Biosphere Reserves (WNBRs)

Oceans

- International Oceanographic Data and Information exchange (IODE)

- OceanData and Information Network for Africa (ODINAFRICA)

- UNESCO Chair for Training and Research in Marine Sciences, established in 1994 at Ibn Tofaïl University and Chouaib Doukkali University More

Earth Sciences

- Pan-African Network for a Geoscience Information System (PANGIS)

- The boundaries of the West African craton (IGCP, Project 485)

- Marine and Non-marine Jurassic: Global correlation and major geological events (IGCP, Project 506)

- Coastal vulnerability related to sea level change (IGCP, Project 515)

Science Policy and Sustainable Development

- UNESCO Chair in Environmental Management and Sustainable Development, established in 1997 at Mohamed V University More

- Avicenna Virtual Campus (AVICENNA)

- Establishing Science and Technology Parks More
 

Coasts and Small Islands

- Sustainable living in small historic coastal cities More

Natural Disaster Reduction

- Reducing Earthquake Losses in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (RELEMR) programme

- Programme for the Assessment and Mitigation of Earthquake Risk in the Arab Region (PAMERAR)