What is an agdal ?
Résumé
The word agdal derives from the Amazigh root (letters) GDL, meaning ‘to prohibit’ or ‘to protect’. Agdals are extended all over the Maghreb, from southern Tunisia to the western Sahara and from Mauritania to the north of Algeria. In Morocco, agdals refer to a great variety of different natural resource governance systems. Global Diversity Foundation’s work focuses on pastoral agdals, a traditional land management practice that governs access to communal pastoral lands and resources, mainly by fixing opening and closing dates, as well as other regulations and complexities regarding access rights (Dominguez et al., 2012).