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How one project is helping a part of the North African country innovate to weather the effects of a changing climate
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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.
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