Biography:

Mohammed Dakki, is a senior lecturer at the Mohamed V University and head of the zoology and animal ecology department at the Institut Scientifique, Rabat. He received his PhD in hydrobiology from Marseille University (France) in 1979 and Doctorate of State in applied ecology from the Sciences Faculty of Rabat (Morocco) in 1986. Pr. Dakki is a recognized international expert on the management of environmental and development projects, socioeconomic studies, payment of ecosystem services, establishment of management plans for protected areas and wildlife inventories. He gives courses on the evolution of animal adaptation, ecology of animal communities, biodiversity conservation methodologies and in-situ monitoring tools of terrestrial vertebrates. He has also trained hundreds of Master and PhD students. Dakki is leading some national and regional organizations and initiatives for the protection of Moroccan wildlife heritage and Mediterranean ecosystems especially wetlands.

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