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High Atlas Forest Agdals (regional)
High Atlas Mountains (e.g., Yagour, Oukaïmeden, Aït Bouguemez)
Morocco
Active (some weakening)
Regional cluster
- Location
- High Atlas Mountains (e.g., Yagour, Oukaïmeden, Aït Bouguemez)
- Coordinates
- ~31.3°N 7.9°W
- Elevation
- ~2,000–2,700 m
- Size
- Varies (village-managed tracts)
- Age / Founded
- Ancient (Berber customary institution)
- Status
- Active (some weakening)
- Deity & Religion
- Customary Amazigh values: honor & baraka; sanctuary agdals protected by saints & jnoun (genies); Islam + Berber
- Community & Guardians
- Berber (Amazigh) village communities
- Vernacular name
- Agdal (Amazigh communal forest)
- Record type
- Regional cluster
Cultural practices & uses
Communal forest-resource management; seasonal closure; sanctuary agdals around shrines
Plant species
Atlas montane forest (juniper, oak, etc.)
Biome & fauna
High Atlas montane forest & pasture
Threats & protection
Customary protection; pressure from social change
Source
Auclair et al., 'Patrimony for Resilience: the Forest Agdal in the Moroccan High Atlas' (JSTOR 26268972)