Ahmed Karmaoui

Ahmed Karmaoui started his academic career as Research Fellow at Cadi Ayyad University and awarded Ph.D. from Faculty of Semlalia; and as an associate editor at the International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, editor at several International Journals such as Journal of Research in Chemistry & Environment (SRI: JRCE), the International Journal of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Nanomedicine and Nanoscience Research Journal; as International Advisory Board member of the International Journal of ICT Research and Development in Africa (IJICTRDA), and the International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development (IJSESD). He is a Member of the Asian Council of Science Editors. KARMAOUI has reviewed for 61 international journals, graduated from Publons Academy, and awarded Top 1% of international Reviewers (2018) by Publons (part of CLARIVATE, supported by WEB OF SCIENCE). He has published various peer-reviewed international journal articles and book chapters on a range of environmental topics. He is currently the president of the Southern Center for Culture and Science, Morocco. Broad areas of his research interests include ecosystem services assessment.

Publications

Water-Soil-Plant-Animal Nexus in the Era of Climate Change

Water, soil, plants, and animals are the main pillars that support global food security. Plants grow using nutrients from water and soil resources and then used by animals which...

Aloe Vera Plant: Characterizing the Components and Activities and Exploring Some Stress Factors Associated With Climate Change

Aloe vera (AV) is a multi-benefit plant well known for diverse applications due to its unique gel. This gel contains high-quality oil used to produce a high range of...

Protozoan, Animal, Socio-Ecological Factors, and Vectorial Diseases: The Leishmaniasis in the Province of Errachidia

Leishmaniasis is a parasitosis caused by a flagellate protozoan of the genus Leishmania, transmitted by a vector (Phlebotomus) from a reservoir, rodent. It is endemic in several...

Climatic and Environmental Significance of Wetlands: Case Studies from Eurasia and North Africa

Wetlands provide a key service in an ecosystem such as providing resilience against drought and diverse habitats that support biodiversity. Because of their ephemeral character...

Intelligent Solutions for Optimizing Agriculture and Tackling Climate Change: Current and Future Dimensions

The interactions between climate change, agriculture, and technology are of increasing concern to academicians, educators, and planners. After the publication of the first report...

Climate Change and the Economic Importance and Damages of Insects

Insects are considered the largest group of animals on earth, as they represent more than one million documented species and about half of all species on a global scale. This...

The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Agricultural Field: A Bibliometric Analysis

Artificial intelligence (AI) is well known for diverse applications in many fields including agriculture. The use of AI in the agricultural field has allowed for optimization in...

Affordable Methods and Techniques to Optimize Farming Productivity in a Context of Climate Change in Arid Areas

Worldwide, the arid lands occupy one of the largest areas on Earth, covering more than 30% of the total area. In these lands, scarcity of resources has emerged as a consequence...

Global Warming: A Reassessment of the Origin of the Problem, and an Effective Human-Scale Solution

A bibliometric analysis and a short discussion of some solutions to global warming. The current chapter attempts to reassess the origin of global warming and proposes an...

Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Due to Leishmania tropica: Investigating Climatic Factors Acting on Phlebotomus sergenti Density and Dispersion

Coleopteran Species in Arid Environments: Ecological Importance and Damages in the Pre-Sahara of Morocco

Draa oases are declared as a part of the biosphere reserve of Moroccan oases. These oases are agro-ecosystem dominated by the palm and fed by Draa Wadi, the longest in Morocco....

The Need to Establish a Long-Term Ecological Research Network in Morocco as a Tool to Monitor Ecosystems Under Climate Change

Several countries are associated with the long-term ecological research (LTER) program, while others are in the process of joining the network. In Morocco, there is an urgent...

Impact of Thermal Stress on the Moroccan Argan Agroecosystem

The argan tree is exclusively endemic in the drylands of Southwest Morocco, an agroecosystem of great ecological, cultural, and economic importance. The argan agroecosystem is...

Vector Borne Diseases and Climate Change

The incidence of emergence diseases including vector borne diseases, water diseases, and some physiologic impairment is considered sensitive to climate. Malaria, leishmaniasis...

Ecosystem Services-Climate-Health Associations: Water-Climate-Leishmaniasis Nexus in an Endemic Focus of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Water is the main ecosystem service that supports the oasis system. Middle Draa Valley is an oasis zone located in the south of Morocco. The water availability in this area is...

Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture and Aquaculture

Climate change is expected to influence several productive sectors, the most significant of which is agriculture. Agriculture comprises an important sector of the global economy...

Impact of Thermal Stress on the Moroccan Argan Agroecosystem

The argan tree is exclusively endemic in the drylands of Southwest Morocco, an agroecosystem of great ecological, cultural, and economic importance. The argan agroecosystem is...

Handbook of Research on Environmental Education Strategies for Addressing Climate Change and Sustainability

Due to the increasing trend of international interest in education for climate change and the environment, there has been an increase of research in the area. There is a current...

Ecological Sanitation (ECOSAN) in Oasis Communities: Lessons From a Pilot Project in Five Villages of Draa Tafilalet, Morocco

The chapter highlights the importance of the concept of “ecological sanitation” (Ecosan) in environmental education. It also describes the implementation and management of the...

Decision Support Methods for Assessing Flood Risk and Vulnerability

Each year, floods cause an enormous amount of global economic and social damage, impacting transportation systems, water supplies, agriculture, and health. Response management to...

Composite Indicators as Decision Support Method for Flood Analysis: Flood Vulnerability Index Category

Floods are highly relevant extreme events with increasing frequency at a global scale. They remain among the most dangerous and complex natural disasters in middle and low-income...

Quantification and Evaluation of Water Erosion: Application of the Model SDR – InVEST in the Ziz Basin in South-East Morocco

The Ziz Watershed is located in the arid zones of South-Eastern Morocco and belongs to the large basin of Ziz-Rheris. In this basin, floods are related to natural factors and...

Climate Change and Anthropogenic Impacts on Health in Tropical and Subtropical Regions

Climate change and environmental pollution remain two primary areas of concern in today’s world. These detrimental influences continue to have a strong impact on various aspects...

The Role of Community Participation in Fighting Schistosomiasis: Lessons From Akka Oases (Southern Morocco)

In 2009, the Moroccan Ministry of Health in collaboration with the World Health Organization confirmed that the transmission of schistosomiasis had ceased in all previously...

Geographical Distribution of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and Its Relationship With Climate Change in Southeastern Morocco

The current chapter deals with one of the most neglected tropical diseases in Morocco, the cutaneous leishmaniasis. It is based on 10-year research (2010-2017) on the evolution...

Climate Change and Its Impact on Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity in Arid and Semi-Arid Zones

Ecosystems provide services that are crucial and beneficial to the human population. The management and conservation of these services can assure the wellbeing of the local...

Vector Borne Diseases and Climate Change

The incidence of emergence diseases including vector borne diseases, water diseases, and some physiologic impairment is considered sensitive to climate. Malaria, leishmaniasis...

Climate Impact on Seasonal Distribution of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Southern Morocco

As in most arid and pre-Saharan North Africa regions, the local population is especially rural, socioeconomically vulnerable, and exposed to vector-borne disease like cutaneous...

The Need to Establish a Long-Term Ecological Research Network in Morocco as a Tool to Monitor Ecosystems Under Climate Change

Several countries are associated with the long-term ecological research (LTER) program, while others are in the process of joining the network. In Morocco, there is an urgent...

Ecosystem Services-Climate-Health Associations: Water-Climate-Leishmaniasis Nexus in an Endemic Focus of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Water is the main ecosystem service that supports the oasis system. Middle Draa Valley is an oasis zone located in the south of Morocco. The water availability in this area is...

Relationships Between Climate Parameters and the Density of Phlebotomus papatasi, the Main Vector of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

This chapter presents an analysis of the seasonal activity of the Phlebotomus papatasi (leishmaniasis vector) through a correlation between its monthly activity and the monthly...