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Human Environment<br />

Forests / woodlands per<br />

household (ha)<br />

10,000<br />

Implementation activities, inputs and costs<br />

Establishment activities<br />

1. Soil preparation, weeding<br />

2. Ploughing and digging planting pits<br />

3. Planting and watering<br />

4. Fencing<br />

5. Reduction of density, replacement of weak / dead<br />

plants<br />

Maintenance/recurrent activities<br />

1. Weeding and ploughing<br />

2. Watering (first two years)<br />

3. Guarding<br />

<strong>Land</strong> user: employee (company, government)<br />

Population density: 10-50 persons/km 2<br />

Annual population growth: < 0.5%<br />

<strong>Land</strong> ownership: state<br />

<strong>Land</strong> use rights: communal (organized) (In Morocco,<br />

<strong>for</strong>est belongs to the State but the population has the<br />

right to per<strong>for</strong>m pastoral activities, to gather wood, to<br />

collect aromatic and medicinal plants, acorns, etc.)<br />

Water use rights: open access (unorganized)<br />

Relative level of wealth: average 80% of land users;<br />

80% of the total land area is owned by average land<br />

users<br />

Establishment inputs and costs per ha<br />

Importance of off-farm income: less than<br />

10% of all income:<br />

Access to service and infrastructure: low:<br />

health, employment (e.g. off-farm), drinking<br />

water and sanitation; moderate: education,<br />

technical assistance, energy, roads &<br />

transport<br />

Market orientation: commercial / market<br />

(producing and selling cork and related<br />

products)<br />

Technical drawing<br />

Contour planting in strips where Cistus has<br />

been removed (in order to allow more light<br />

and avoid competition <strong>for</strong> moisture) (Chaker<br />

Miloud)<br />

Inputs Costs (US$) % met by land user<br />

Labour 435 0<br />

Agricultural<br />

- seeds<br />

- cultivation and weeding (2x)<br />

208<br />

125<br />

TOTAL 768 0<br />

Maintenance/recurrent inputs and costs per ha per year<br />

Inputs Costs (US$) % met by land user<br />

Labour 35 0<br />

Agricultural<br />

- ploughing, weeding, and<br />

watering<br />

125<br />

TOTAL 160 0<br />

Remarks:<br />

If planting coincides with a dry season, it takes watering on several occasions, which makes applying the technology more expensive -<br />

Stronger fences and more supervising are required if near to habitation. The local wage rate is 5 US$/day.<br />

SLM Technology: Assisted cork oak regeneration, Morocco DESIRE – WOCAT 2012<br />

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