A Participatory Agrobiodiversity Conservation Approach in the Oases: Community Actions for the Promotion of Sustainable Development in Fragile Areas
diversity Article A Participatory Agrobiodiversity Conservation Approach in the Oases: Community Actions for the Promotion of Sustainable Development in Fragile Areas Cristiana Peano 1,2 , Stefania Caron 1, Mohamed Mahfoudhi 3, Khouloud Zammel 3, Houda Zaidi 3 and Francesco Sottile 4,* 1 Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali, Alimentari, Università di Torino, Largo Paolo Braccini, 1, 10195 Grugliasco, TO, Italy; cristiana.peano@unito.it (C.P.); stefania.caron@unito.it (S.C.) 2 UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Development and Territory Management, University of Turin, 10124 Turin, Italy 3 Association Persone Come Noi Tunisie, Route de Gafsa, El Hamma du Jérid, Tozeur 2214, Tunisia; mahfoudhimohamed10@gmail.com (M.M.); pcn.tunisie@gmail.com (K.Z.); houda.mohamed.zd@gmail.com (H.Z.) 4 Dipartimento di Architettura, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Centro di Conservazione della Biodiversità di Interesse Agrario, Viale delle Scienze, Edificio 14, 90128 Palermo, Italy * Correspondence: francesco.sottile@unipa.it; Tel.: +39-091-2386-1200 Abstract: Rural development policies today include significant directions towards ecological tran- sition and sustainability. Biodiversity plays a fundamental role, especially in fragile environments. The North African oases, for example, are socio-ecological structures with delicate balances in terms of natural resources, where the activation of participatory conservation approaches appears today to Citation: Peano, C.; Caron, S.; be very useful, aiming at long-lasting results. This type of approach was applied in the oasis of El Mahfoudhi, M.; Zammel, K.; Zaidi, Hamma, in Tunisia. The socio-ecological analysis was carried out through semi-structured interviews H.; Sottile, F. A Participatory with different stakeholders of the oasis.
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