Table 2. Diversity of village rules for tree foliage recollection in the upper valley of the Aït Bouguemmez (extracted from Cordier & Genin 2008).
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Village |
Forest ‘Outside Agdal’ |
Forest “Agdal” |
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|
Rbat n Oufela |
O : October to April
F : Cutting: 2
days/week
Q : 1 human or donkey load per household |
O : only if snow
F : every
day
Q : no restrictions |
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Akourbi |
O : October to March
F : No
restriction
Q : Free amount, but use of mule or donkey
forbidden |
O : only if snow
F : every
day
Q : Quantities depending upon size of family flock |
|
Ibaqalliun |
Reduced surface
O: No restriction where cutting is authorized. An
area has been fully excluded from harvesting due to its advanced
degradation. |
O : Only if snow, decision by the community representative
(Naïb) : 6-10 days/year
Q : Free amounts
One
Agdal has been closed for many years |
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Taghoulid |
O : only if snow
F, Q : No restriction |
O : Only if snow
Q : No
restriction
C : Rotation between 2 sectors |
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Ifrane |
O : November to March
Q : 1 to 3 loads/household
depending upon flock size |
O : Only if snow
Q : 1 to 3 loads/household
depending upon flock size
C : 2 sectors : 2 opened per
year |
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Aït Ouchi |
O : October to April
F, Q : No
restriction
Current negotiation for more restrictive rules because of
degradation |
O : Only if snow
Q : 1 to 3 loads/household
depending upon flock size
C : Only 1 Agdal opened per year (2
Agdals on the village territory)
E : Some years only holm oak
cutting authorized |
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Ighirine / Iguelwane |
O : November to March
F, Q : No
restriction |
O : Only if snow
C : 2 sectors opened per
year (on 6)
F : 1 day/week
Q : 2 to 3 loads per
household (annual decision of the village assembly)
E : Only holm
oak |
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Aït Ouham |
Almost no availability |
O : Very scarce opening (12 ultimate years of exclosure)
1
to 10 days if particularly heavy snowfall |
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Zaouit Alemzi |
Almost no availability |
O : Only one Agdal opened per year (2 Agdals in the
village territory) if snowfall event
Q : 1 human
load/household |
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O: periods of opening; F: Week frequency of authorization
of cutting; Q: amounts authorized; C: eventual rota schemes for
the use of
Agdals; E: Tree species to be exploited