From his roof, Sidi Mohamed Lemine Sidiya scans the medieval town of Oualata, a treasure that is disappearing under the sands ...

Sometimes known as the gateway to the Sahara, Mhamid and its ... projects aimed at holding back the desert and holding on to water. Acacia and tamarisk trees sprout from shallow circular planters ...

Doors crafted from acacia wood and adorned with traditional ... More plants and trees used to grow in the desert, Boubacar Diop, head of the ministry's Protection of Nature department, said.

“Estimates show some (ironwood) trees to be 800 years old, and it is likely that they live even longer,” says the “Desert Ironwood Primer,” a publication by the Arizona-Sonora Desert ...