The forests
In Essaouira province there are vast forests of Thuja and Argan.
The dune forest

The dune forest east of Essaouira town is protected with a partly fenced wall.
See the Green Belt and Parcour
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There are many small lakes surrounded by trees and bushes growing in the dunes of sand.
Many different species of birds inhabit the forest as cows, camels, straydogs. |




The entry of the forest is littered with household garbage and is habitually used by people as a toilet.


Further into the forest there are signs of
systematic felt healthy trees
- probably used for the bakeries and hammans.
More documentation of by pictures april - may 2013
Trees in the forest
Eucalyptus
Mimosa
Juniper
Tamaris
Carob tree (Ceratonica Siliqua L.)



Flora




DOCUMENTATION of destruction of trees in the Lagoon forest
Period April - May 2013














The remains of a a felt tree , dried in the bushes.