Restaurants and cafés line the banks of the Ourika River in Morocco in spring and summer (left), but when flooding occurs, the river’s flow can be much more powerful and dangerous, damaging homes, businesses and infrastructure. The GIREPSE project is teaching locals to adapt to such changes, many of which are climate-change related. (Photos: Courtesy of GIREPSE)
As climate-change related problems and environmental degradation continue to affect Morocco, reports Alanna Mitchell, one project is helping people there innovate to cope with the fallout. Part of an ongoing series of stories about innovative projects in the developing world, a partnership between the International Development Research Centre and Canadian Geographic.
Visit the Charting Change website to read "Adapting to a new environmental reality in Morocco.
