Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat
Magda is a Professor of Plant Genetics with over twenty years of experience dedicated to biodiversity conservation and forest ecosystem restoration.
She holds a Ph.D. from Pierre and Marie Curie University – Paris VI and has built her entire academic career at Saint Joseph University of Beirut, where she founded two research laboratories and co-founded Jouzour Loubnan, an NGO rehabilitating degraded Mediterranean forests.
Her research informs conservation and climate-adaptation policies across Europe and the Mediterranean.
A National Geographic Explorer since 2019, she received the UNESCO–L'Oréal "For Women in Science" Award in 2008, was named Knight of the Academic Palms of France in 2021, and was elected to the French Academy of Agriculture in 2023.
Content by this person
Scoping study on the impact of the EU Deforestation Regulation on Mediterranean countries
This study assesses the readiness of EUDR in nine Mediterranean countries, identifying risks, gaps, and priorities for compliance.
- Inclusive governance
De mémoire d’arbre: five centuries through the eyes of a tree
To celebrate World Book Day, Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat, Principal Scientist at EFIMED, recommends one of her recent favourite reads.
- Forests and people
Étude de cadrage relative à l’impact du Règlement européen sur la déforestation (RDUE) sur les pays méditerranéens
Cette étude évalue la préparation au RDUE dans 9 pays méditerranéens, en identifiant risques, lacunes et priorités de conformité.
- Inclusive governance
Mediterranean Forest Research Agenda 2030
A collective effort of researchers, policymakers, stakeholders, and other experts from the Mediterranean forest-related community.
- Resilient forests
What is forest assisted migration?
Forest migration refers to the gradual shift of tree species and their biodiversity in response to changing climate conditions.
- Resilient forests
When good forests look bad
A new peer-reviewed study examines how current EU conservation status assessment methods may distort the reported condition of forest habitats.
- Inclusive governance
دراسة استكشافية حول تأثير لائحة الاتحاد الأوروبي لمكافحة إزالة الغابات (EUDR) على بلدان البحر الأبيض المتوسط
تُقيّم هذه الدراسة مدى الجاهزية لتطبيق لائحة الاتحاد الأوروبي لمكافحة إزالة الغابات (EUDR) في تسعة بلدان متوسطية، مع تحديد المخاطر والثغرات وأولويات…
- Inclusive governance
Events this person spoke at
EFI 2026 Annual Conference
EFI 2026 Annual Conference took place on 16-18 September in Växjö, Sweden. Conference was organised together with our member organisation Linnaeus…
16 September 2026 – 18 September 2026
- Forests and people
EFI Mediterranean Network Forum 2022
The first EFIMED Network Forum launches MFRA 2030 and connects Mediterranean forest researchers, policymakers and practitioners in Barcelona.
29 November 2022 – 1 December 2022
- Resilient forests
