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2011 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Prodromes of Desertification in the Oasis of Tafilalet (Morocco) and Specific Local Solutions
Authors : Monique Mainguet, Frédéric Dumay, Lahcen Kabiri, Boualem Rémini
Published in: Coping with Global Environmental Change, Disasters and Security
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Although a few natural oases exist – for example the tufts of Doum palm trees in the Egyptian desert – the majority of the oases are human creations where humankind adapted to climatic fluctuations and preserved balance between its activities and the environment, until the 1950’s. Then climatic fluctuations occurred, which were noted through systematic weather measurements and recurring droughts in the North and the South of the Sahara.