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Keywords
Anti-Atlas
Geotourism
Geoconservation
Geopark
Kerdous inlier
Tafraout
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Introduction
et al.
2011
) and the Bou Azzer area in the Anti-Atlas (El
Hadi et al.
2011
). Relevant to geoconservation of geoheri-
tage in Morocco is the recent initiative of the African Geo-
parks Network (AGN) to promote African geoheritage and
geoparks. This was stated in El Jadida Declaration (Errami
et al.
2012
) that come out from the First International
Conference on African and Arabian Geopark held on
November 2011 in El Jadida (Morocco), where the Moroc-
can geoheritage was widely promoted (Errami and Al-Aa-
wah
2011
). Besides this, the Ministry of Energy and Mines
of Morocco has been working on a regulation and legislation
project for the national geological heritage, in which differ-
ent geozones are grouped into three main categories: sites of
geological interest, geotopes and geoparks (El Hadi et al.
2011
).
Among the zones in Morocco being of a particular
interest from a geological and geomorphological point of
view is that of the western Anti-Atlas Kerdous inlier. The
present work aims to demonstrate the didactic, scienti
Geoheritage is represented by all those geological elements
of signicant value to humans, including scientic research,
education, aesthetics values and cultural developments
(Dixon
1996
; Sharples
2002
). Thus, it can be represented
either by minerals and fossils, or by geomorphological,
stratigraphic, tectonic, magmatic, metamorphic, old mining
sites or by any outstanding geological feature. The Global
Geoparks Network supported by UNESCO aims to protect
and develop territories which include particular geological
heritage of international signi
cance. The geological heri-
tage of these Global Geoparks is being used to promote the
sustainable development of the local communities who live
there, and they are protected under local, regional or national
legislation as appropriate.
Morocco is unanimously recognised for the richness and
the diversity of its landscapes, largely due to its geological
history. However, it was not until the last few years that an
Association for the Protection of Moroccan Geological
Heritage (APPGM) was created and that the outstanding
geological heritage of Morocco has started to be promoted
internationally. Examples of areas where and inventory and
protection plan has been promoted are as the M
c,
cultural and geotouristic values of the area. The valorisation
and the promotion of these values will help to improve the
leaving standards of local population and promote the Ker-
dous inlier as a main geotouristic destination. Based on that,
an action plan is proposed which comprises the compilation
of an inventory of the geological heritage and the diagnosis
of the anthropic negative impacts that may threaten them, as
Goun
Geoparc in the High Atlas mountains (El Khalki et al.
2009
),
the Ait Hajji geomorphosite in Central Morocco (Nahraoui
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