Peer reviewed articles
Berger, E. and Mendoza-Lera, C. 2023
Interview with the Editors: Limnology and Oceanography Letters Special Issue on Salinization of Freshwater Ecosystems
Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin
Lynch, A. J., Cooke, S. J., Arthington, A. H., Baigun, C., Bossenbroek, L., Dickens, C., … & Jähnig, S. C. 2023
People need freshwater biodiversity
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, e1633.
Benlasri, M.; Kaczmarek, M.; El Alami, M.; Ghamizi, M.; Berger, E. 2023
Inventory and pattern of distribution of mayflies (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) in the Draa river basin, southern Morocco
Alpine Entomology 7 2023, 13–20
Kaczmarek, N.; Mahjoubi, I.; Benlasri, M.; Nothof, M.; Schäfer, R.B.; Frör O. and Berger E. 2023
Water quality, biological quality, and human well-being: Water salinity and scarcity in the Draa River basin, Morocco
Ecological Indicators 148 (2023) 110050
Bossenbroek, L.; Ftouhi, H.; Kadiri, Z. and Kuper, M. 2023
Watermelons in the Desert in Morocco: Struggles Around a Groundwater Commons-in-the-Making
Water Alternatives 16(1)
2022
Silva-Novoa Sánchez LM, Bossenbroek L, Schilling J, Berger E, 2022
Governance and Sustainability Challenges in the Water Policy of Morocco 1995-2020: Insights from the Middle Draa Valley
Water 14(18), 2932 | https://doi.org/10.3390/w14182932
Lazrak K, Tazart Z, Berger E, Mouhri K, Loudiki M, 2022
Spatial variation in benthic diatom communities in relation to salinity in the arid Draa river basin (southern morocco)
Applied ecology and environmental research 20(5):3709-3736.
Mahjoubi I, Bossenbroek L, Berger E, Frör O, 2022
Analyzing Stakeholder Perceptions of Water Ecosystem Services to Enhance Resilience in the Middle Drâa Valley, Southern Morocco
Sustainability 14, 1–17. | doi: 10.3390/su14084765
2021
Kaczmarek N, Schäfer RB, Berger E, 2021
Environmental change threatens freshwater insect communities in Northwest Africa: a meta-analysis
Front. Environ. Sci. | doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2021.671715
Ftouhi H, Saidani MA, Bossenbroek L, Hamamouche MF, Kadiri Z.
Entre vulnérabilité et résilience : le vécu de la pandémie de Covid-19 dans deux sociétés oasiennes du Maghreb
Cah. Agric. 30: 30
Mostakim L, El Qorchi F, Zahra Guennoun F, Moutaouakil S, Berger E, Ghamizi M, 2021
Morphometric Assessment of Two Watersheds of High Atlas of Morocco Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques: What Is the Impact on Surface Water Availability?
Journal of Geographic Information System, 13, 631-642
Bossenbroek, L., Ftouhi, H. en Kadiri, Z. 2021
Watermeloenen in de Marokkaanse woestijn
ZemZem 1/2021
Hermans, K., Berger, E., Biber-Freudenberger, L., Bossenbroek, L., Ebeler, L., Groth, J., Hack, J., Hanspach, J., Hintz, K.S., Kimengsi, J.N., Kwong, Y.M.C., Oakes, R., Pagogna, R., Plieninger, T., Sterly, H., van der Geest, K., van Vliet, J., Wiederkehr, C., 2021
Crisis-induced disruptions in place-based
social-ecological research – an opportunity for
redirection
GAIA 30/2: 72 –76
Zwarteveen, M., Kuper, M., Olmos-Herrera, C., Dajani, M., Kemerink-Seyoum, J., Frances, C., Beckett, L., Lu, F., Kulkarni, S., Kulkarni, H., Aslekar, U., Börjeson, L., Verzijl, A., Dominguez Guzmán, C., Oré, M.T., Leonardelli, I., Bossenbroek, L., Ftouhi, H., Chitata, T., Hartani, T., Saidani, A., Johnson, M., Peterson, A., Bhat, S., Bhopal, S., Kadiri, Z., Deshmukh, R., Joshi, D., Komakech, H., Joseph, K., Mlimbila, E., De Bont, C., 2021.
Transformations to groundwater sustainability: from individuals and pumps to communities and aquifers
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 49, 88–97
Leonardelli, I., Bossenbroek, L., Ftouhi, H., Kadiri, Z., Bhat, S., Kulkarni, S., Hamamouche, M.F., Saidani, M.A., Zwarteveen, M., Kemerink-Seyoum, J.S., 2021.
COVID-19 in Rural India, Algeria, and Morocco: A Feminist Analysis of Small-Scale Farmers’ and Agricultural Laborers’ Experiences and Inventive Practices.
Frontiers in Human Dynamics 3, 17
Berger, E., Bossenbroek, L., Beermann, A.J., Schäfer, R.B., Znari, M., Riethmüller, S., Sidhu, N., Kaczmarek, N., Benaissa, H., Ghamizi, M., Plicht, S., Ben Salem, S., El Qorchi, F., Naimi, M., Leese, F., Frör, O., 2021.
Social-ecological interactions in the Draa River Basin, southern Morocco: Towards nature conservation and human well-being using the IPBES framework
Science of The Total Environment 769, 144492
2020
Mostakim, L., Fetnassi, N., Rassam, H., Benaissa, H., Berger, E., Ghamizi, M., 2020.
Assessment of aquatic and semi-aquatic plants in arid regions: Testing factors affecting riparian plant distribution in the Draa Basin, Morocco.
Eurasian Journal of Biosciences 14, 4735-4741
Schilling, J., Hertig, E., Tramblay, Y., Scheffran, J., 2020.
Climate change vulnerability, water resources and social implications in North Africa.
Reg Environ Change 20, 15.
2019
Loulida S., Znari M., Naimi M. & Bendami S., 2019
Tolerance to salinity and dehydration in the Sahara Desert blue-eyed turtle, Mauremys leprosa saharica (Testudines: Geoemydidae) from a brackish pond in the Lower Draa basin, southern Morocco
African Journal of Herpetology
Berger, E., Frör, O., Schäfer, R.B., 2019.
Salinity impacts on river ecosystem processes: a critical mini-review.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B:
Biological Sciences 374, 20180010.
Conference contributions
Poster
@ KOMBINIERTE AUFTAKT- & STATUSKONFERENZ
„Nachwuchsgruppen in der Sozial-ökologischen Forschung“
09. & 10. März 2020, La Redoute, Kurfürstenallee 1, Bonn – Bad Godesberg
Vortrag
@ SFS 2019: Society for Freshwater Science
Special Session on Salinization in the context of Translational Ecology,
May 19-23, 2019, Salt Lake City, USA “A transdisciplinary research approach for the management of a dry, salinized river-basin in Morocco”
Public relations and reports
Les femmes dans les oasis de la vallée du Drâa, contraintes d’eau et actions collectives
Les oasis de la vallée du Drâa, dans le sud-est du Maroc, sont caractérisées par des flux d’eau irréguliers provoquant un stress hydrique. Ce manque peut être attribué à des réallocations d’eau dans différents secteurs (agriculture, tourisme, eau potable, et production de l’énergie…) combinées aux changements climatiques. Dans cette vidéo, nous illustrons, à travers le cas de femmes oasiennes à Tissergate, comment les activités agricoles, le rapport à l’eau, les identités et les moyens de subsistance des populations locales ont été profondément altérées, et comment certaines femmes s’ingénient pour s’adapter à ces changements.
Women in the oases of the Drâa Valley, water constraints and collective action
Irregular water flows and a lack of water characterize the oases of the Draa Valley in southeastern Morocco. This shortage can be attributed to water reallocations in different sectors (agriculture, tourism, drinking water, and energy production…) combined with climate change. In this video, we illustrate, through the case of oasis women in Tissergate, how agricultural activities, the relationship to water, identities, and livelihoods of local populations have been profoundly altered and how some women are managing to adapt to these changes
Femmes dans les oasis de la vallée du Drâa : nouvelles aspirations et actrices de développement local
Dans les oasis de la vallée du Drâa l’agriculture familiale est une activité capitale. Les femmes y jouent un rôle central malgré leur invisibilité. Toutefois, comme l’illustre cette vidéo, l’histoire de Nawal, jeune du douar de Timiderte, certaines femmes cherchent à se réaliser à travers d’autres activités. Elles deviennent ainsi des actrices de changement tout en faisant face à de nouvelles contraintes.
Women in the oases of the Drâa valley: new aspirations and actors of local development
In the oases of the Draa Valley, family farming is a key activity. Women play a central role in this. However, as the video of Nawal, a young woman from the village of Timiderte, illustrates, today, some women seek to fulfill their potential through other activities. Thus, they become agents of change while facing new constraints.
From mining to sharing groundwater resources:
The case of Mird in the Draa Valley, South of Morocco
By Lisa Bossenbroek, Hind Ftouhi and Zakaria Kadiri
Enquête. Le vécu de la pandémie et du confinement dans la vallée du Drâa
Lisa Bossenbroek et Hind Ftouhi
Flyer
Salt in the system
Challenges for water resources in the DrâaRiver Basin
Section
Bossenbroek, Lisa; Hind, Ftouhi; and Kadiri, Zakaria (2020). From mining to sharing groundwater resources: The case of Mird in the Draa Valley, South of Morocco
Link: https://www.t2sgroundwater.org/narrative-reports-morocco