24/10/2025
Azul
Recommendations: The Two Scientific Seminars on the Topic Nomadic Pastoralism in a Changing Climate
Two scientific seminars were held on August 10, 2025, in Am Rbia and August 15, 2025, in Mrirt, to discuss the issue of nomadic pastoralism in the context of climate change.
The events brought together a distinguished group of civil society actors, researchers, tribal representatives, and eight experts and scholars.
After extensive discussions on the challenges and issues faced by nomadic communities amid climatic, legislative, and developmental transformations, the participants reached a set of key recommendations as follows:
1. Call for the legal recognition and classification of nomadic pastoralism.
2. Work towards the establishment of a museum dedicated to nomads, preserving the memory of this human heritage.
3. Advocate for a review of national park policies to ensure the rights of herders are respected.
4. Propose the adoption of regional laws that consider the situation of nomadic pastoralism within the framework of advanced regionalization, allowing grazing across two different regions without territorial restrictions with a proposed pilot model between the provinces of Khรฉnifra and Ifrane, particularly in the Igl Ouragh area.
5. Commend the initiative of Tifsa Atlas Association for Sustainable Development in launching the โGreen Sheltersโ project to improve the living conditions of nomadic populations.
6. Call for the immediate cessation of the confiscation of communal Amazigh lands, and the respect of international conventions ratified by Morocco, especially those concerning Indigenous Peoples, given that the Amazigh people are internationally recognized within this category.
7. Invite the Tifsa Atlas Association to establish a Laboratory for Water Rights, to advocate against the depletion of water resources in pastoral areas.
8. Express reservations regarding the so-called โMountain Lawโ, as it fails to consider the cultural and linguistic rights of nomadic Amazigh populations, emphasizing instead that advanced regionalization provides the appropriate framework for addressing the challenges of both lowlands and highlands within an integrated territorial approach.
9. Stress the importance of economic empowerment for nomadic communities and ensuring they benefit from revenues generated by mineral resources extracted from communal rangelands, including areas such as Ighrem Oussar and Aouam.
10. Call for a redefinition of the administrative relationship between the Ministry of Interior and communal lands by moving beyond the concept of administrative guardianship and replacing it with a balanced developmental partnership.
11. Reject the collective land registration policy, as it reinforces the dominance of the Ministry of Interior and grants it the powers of ownership rather than oversight.
In conclusion, the participants affirm that these recommendations constitute an initial platform for advocacy aimed at achieving justice for nomadic populations, safeguarding their historical, cultural, social, and economic rights, in line with current climatic and developmental transformations, and in harmony with relevant international conventions
