As Regional Director of the Central High Atlas Program, Soufiane is responsible for developing grant proposals, managing project activities and collecting and analyzing ethnobiological data. As MBLA’s indigenous peoples and local communities (ICCA) Focal Point, Soufiane is responsible for engaging Moroccan ICCAs, conducting research on ICCA policy and governance issues, implementing biodiversity conservation interventions in Morocco’s “Territories of Life,” building the capacities and climate resilience of local communities and building and maintaining fruitful relationships with MBLA’s diverse partners in Morocco. Soufiane holds a Bachelor’s degree X, a Masters degree in X and PhD in X from Cadi Ayyad University’s Faculty of Science of Semlalia in Marrakech, Morocco.