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.
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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
How to strengthen the European forest carbon sink through prestoration: integrating active restoration and adaptation
Brief looks at the long-term potential of active forest restoration combined with assisted migration to enhance carbon sequestration.
- Resilient forests
Mediterranean Forest Research Agenda 2030
A collective effort of researchers, policymakers, stakeholders, and other experts from the Mediterranean forest-related community.
- 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
