Ouahiba Meddour-Sahar

Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou

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Rachid Meddour

Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou

Arezki Derridj

Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou

Vittorio Leone

University of Basilicata

Raffaella Lovreglio

University of Sassari

Christine Bouisset

Transitions Energétiques et Environnementales

G. Ghemouri

Jean‐Claude Gégout

Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement

Jean Marie Géhu

Université Paris Cité

Malika Ouyessad

Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou

Damien Marage

Théoriser et Modéliser pour Aménager

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Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement

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University of Basilicata

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Université Paris Cité

Institut des Régions Arides

Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie Marine et Continentale

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

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Wildfire risk and its perception in Kabylia (Algeria)

iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry (2018)

Ouahiba Meddour-Sahar Vittorio Leone H Limani N Rabia Rachid Meddour

This research aims to study wildfire perception by residents living in Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) in Kabylia (Algeria). We conducted an exploratory qualitative survey contacting 254 randomly selected individuals in eight hamlets of the Mizrana forest. Face-to-face questionnaires were administered to understand the fire risk problem. Respondents think that their homes are not exposed to fire risk and perceive their hamlets are protected against wildfires; on the contrary, they perceive their property (fields, livestock, olive trees, etc.) as exposed to fire risk. The vast majority of respondents declare to know how to defend themselves in the case of a fire event, using water and hand tools. Residents mainly use fire for stubble burning and disposal of domestic waste. Their skill in using fire as a land management tool respectively comes from their fathers, grandfathers and mothers. Results show the necessity of making resident more aware of the risks that wildfires pose to them. A culture of risk needs to be developed within the territory to limit vulnerability and the likelihood of destructive fires.

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10.3832/ifor2546-011

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<strong>Floristic inventory of Djurdjura National Park, northern Algeria: a first checklist of its vascular flora</strong>

Phytotaxa (2021)

Rachid Meddour Ouahiba Meddour-Sahar

This study provides a first checklist of the native vascular plant taxa of Djurdjura National Park, based on collections and field visits (2011–2015), with an analysis of its composition and species diversity. The results of floristic analysis outlines the main characteristics of the ﬂora of Djurdjura National Park. It hosts a remarkable species diversity of 757 plant taxa (including 659 species, 95 subspecies, 2 varieties, and 1 forma) belonging to 381 genera in 88 families. Despite covering ca. 0.008% of the total area of Algeria, this national park protects about 17% of the vascular plants of the country. The most represented families are Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Poaceae, Lamiaceae, Apiaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Rosaceae, and Brassicaceae, while the most represented genera are Trifolium (with 15 taxa) and Silene (12). Hemicryptophytes (37.25%) and therophytes (30%) are the most represented life forms among the local flora, a pattern typical of mountainous areas. Mediterranean taxa comprise 64.6%, followed by North African taxa (14%), European (7.53%), and widely distributed taxa (13.87%), which reveals the Mediterranean character of the mountain’s flora. The endemic flora of Djurdjura National Park contains 106 taxa (14%), of which 20 are endemic to Algeria. In addition, six are exclusive and range-restricted to the Djurdjura National Park. Hence, we emphasized a large number of priority taxa (30) of high conservation value. The presence of exclusive endemics, and threatened species, along with high floristic diversity, strengthen the importance of plant conservation in the studied area.

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Eudicots

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Silene

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10.11646/phytotaxa.490.3.1

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Wildfire management policies in Algeria: present and future needs

Ouahiba Meddour-Sahar Armando González‐Cabán Rachid Meddour Arezki Derridj

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Les territoires phytogéographiques de l'Algérie du Nord : essai de synthèse et révision partielle

Rachid Meddour Ouahiba Meddour-Sahar Errol Véla

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Quantitative ethnobotanical investigation of medicinal plants used by local population in the rural municipalities of Haizer and El Asnam, province of Bouira, Northern Algeria

Mediterranean Botany (2022)

Rachid Meddour Ouahiba Meddour-Sahar Nesrine Abdoune Malika Dermouche

This study aims to assess ethnobotanical knowledge in Kabylia, focusing on the traditional uses of medicinal plants. The purpose was to quantify the traditional knowledge of medicinal plants commonly used by local populations for treating a wide range of ailments, with a view to preserve the medicinal knowledge and the biodiversity of this area. Ethnobotanical data was gathered using a questionnaire. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 69 key informants at six villages of Bouira province. A quantitative analysis by means of diﬀerent indices including the informant consensus factor (FIC), use value (UV), relative frequencies of citation (RFC), and fidelity level (FL), was performed for the recorded medicinal plants. Overall, 136 plants species were recorded. Their uses in 10 disease categories were documented. They belong to 54 families, the most represented are the Asteraceae (18 species) and Lamiaceae (16 species). With 98 use reports, diabetes is the most treated ailment. The highest RFC values are recorded for Carthamus caeruleus (0.57) and Asplenium ceterach (0.52), indicating that these plants are the most preferred species used in study areas, to treat skin burns and kidney stones respectively. Plant with the highest use value is Lavandula stoechas (1.21), used to treat different digestive disorders (bloating, colon pain, and stomach ulcer). We found 13 medicinal plants having the highest FL value (100%), e.g. Rhamnus alaternus (jaundice), Lonicera implexa (weak eyesight), and Ulmus minor for treating skeletomuscular ailments. These latter are the most interesting species used in the treatment of a speciﬁc ailment category. The maximum FIC value (0.86) indicated that there was high agreement in the use of plants (e.g. Aristolochia fontanesii and Ophrys speculum) in genitourinary and reproductive ailment category among the informants. We highlighted the homogeneity of informant knowledge in medicinal plants appropriate for different ailment categories and the most preferred plant species used to treat each ailment category in the study area. By overstepping the limits of an orally transmitted pharmacopoeia, we aim to valorize the huge ethnopharmacology legacy of the region for promising pharmacological perspectives.

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10.5209/mbot.71190

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The contribution of statistical analysis to forest fire risk prevention in Algeria. The case of the wilaya of Tizi Ouzou

Ouahiba Meddour-Sahar Rachid Meddour Arezki Derridj Christine Bouisset

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STRUCTURAL AND FLORISTIC FEATURES OF A PINUS HALEPENSIS MILL. FOREST ON COASTAL DUNE OF THE ZEMMOURI SAHEL (ALGIERS, ALGERIA)

Rachid Meddour Ouahiba Meddour-Sahar Arezki Derridj

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Savoirs locaux sur les plantes spontanées chez les populations de la wilaya de Tamanrasset (Sahara Central, Algérie)

VertigO (2022)

Rachid Meddour Ouahiba Meddour-Sahar Amina Babkar

Les auteurs ont réalisé une enquête ethnobotanique sur les usages des plantes médicinales au niveau de la wilaya de Tamanrasset, une collectivité territoriale du Sahara Central algérien. Cette enquête a été conduite auprès de 41 informateurs par le biais d'un entretien direct. Les résultats montrent que les femmes prévalent (63.4%). Elles sont les détentrices du savoir thérapeutique ancestral et les conservatrices de l'information ethnobotanique saharienne. Les classes d'âge de plus de 50 ans prédominent (61%). C'est un indice de la connaissance de l'utilisation médicinale traditionnelle des plantes par les vieilles personnes. Les tradithérapeutes sont pour la population locale, la source première de l'information ethnomédicale (68.3%). Celle-ci a signalé 27 plantes spontanées, ayant des intérêts médicinaux actuels. Elles appartiennent à 15 familles botaniques, dont les Astéracées et les Fabacées sont dominantes. Les espèces médicinales recensées peuvent traiter 58 affections et symptômes. Les rhumatismes et la constipation sont les affections les plus traitées. Les feuilles et les parties aériennes préparées en décoction ou infusion dans l'eau sont les préparations les plus courantes. Concernant les autres usages locaux, 17 espèces médicinales présentent de même un intérêt fourrager, 15 sont utilisées en alimentation humaine, 9 ont des intérêts artisanaux et 3 sont utilisées pour soigner le bétail, notamment le dromadaire. Il ressort une grande richesse de l'information ethnobotanique et surtout ethnomédicinale chez l'ethnie targuie de Tamanrasset. La préservation de cette ethnoflore est toutefois nécessaire pour la durabilité de cette médecine traditionnelle au Sahara algérien.

10.4000/vertigo.35315

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Les causes des incendies de forets : enquête aupres des bergers dans la Wilaya de Tizi Ouzou (Algérie)

DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (2019)

Ouahiba Meddour-Sahar Rachid Meddour Vittorio Leone

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Forest fires hotspots in EU Southern Member States and North Africa: a review of causes and motives

Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra eBooks (2014)

Fantina Tedim Ouahiba Meddour-Sahar Raffaella Lovreglio Vittorio Leone

Despite enhanced fire suppression efforts the number of fires has increased in Europe and in North Africa, above all in Portugal, and the extinction oriented model of fire control is no more suitable to change the trend.Hence, the need of shifting from a reactive model grounded on a fast and strong reaction, to more pro-active procedures supported by prevention, aimed not only to fuel reduction but also to gradually intervene on the causes of fires.In this perspective, a fair knowledge of man-caused fire outbreak motives is a crucial point.This paper intended to compare and interpret those motives in Portugal, Italy and Algeria obtained through the perception of experts (forest experts and other practitioners).In this research new data was collected in the North Region of Portugal and data already available for Algeria and Italy was commented.The results of the research highlighted great similarities of the main fire causes and motives identified by the experts from the case-studies in the three countries.Fire outbreak motives are not related with deliberate fire setting but, mainly, with the use of fire in rural activities.Fire is a manageable tool that is still needed in many agro-forestry systems.One of the findings of this study pointed out the need to design and develop specific prevention programs able to reduce fire incidence and promote practices more respectful of the tradition and needs of rural communities, often criminalized for their habitudes of using fire as a multipurpose tool.Deliberate fire can represent isolated and sporadic actions however, some of them result from organized and even criminal interests.Finally, this paper argues that improved fire prevention to address the roots of fire problems cannot be achieved without a deep knowledge of the complexity and diversity of the fire outbreak motives.

10.14195/978-989-26-0884-6_205

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