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S. Lucatello et al. (eds.), Stewardship of Future Drylands and Climate
Change in the Global South, Springer Climate,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22464-6_14
Chapter 14
The Agadir Platform: A Transatlantic
Cooperation to Achieve Sustainable
Drylands
A. Rizzo, A. Sifeddine, B. Ferraz, E. Huber-Sannwald, D. L. Coppock,
E. M. Abraham, and L. Bouchaou
Abstract For the purpose of achieving sustainable development in the context of
a changing climate, the development and implementation of tripartite cooperation
tools, into a transatlantic cooperation framework, is the crux of a project to bring
about a transdisciplinary platform focused on research, technology, and innovation
in drylands. It finds its roots in the Agadir Declaration of May 2016. The objective
A. Rizzo (*)
UMR ESPACE-DEV (IRD, Université de Montpellier, Université de la Réunion,
Université de Guyane, Université des Antilles), Montpellier, France
e-mail: alessandro.rizzo@ird.fr
A. Sifeddine
UMR LOCEAN (IRD, CNRS, MNHN, Sorbonne Université), Departamento de GeoquimicaUFF- Brazil, UNAM-IRD-Mexico, Ciudad de México, Mexico
B. Ferraz
Centro de Gestão e Estudos Estratégicos (CGEE), Brasilia, Brazil
E. Huber-Sannwald
División de Ciencias Ambientales, Instituto Potosino de Investigación
Científica y Tecnológica, San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
D. L. Coppock
Department of Environment and Society, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA
E. M. Abraham
Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Aridas (IADIZA-CONICET-Universidad
Nacional de Cuyo), Mendoza, Argentina
L. Bouchaou
Laboratoire de Géologie Appliquée et Géo-Environnement (LAGAGE) Faculté des Sciences,
Université Ibn Zohr, Agadir, Morocco