Studying forestry at the National School of Forestry Engineers and holding a PhD in GIS and remote sensing from the University Ibn Zohr in Morocco, Pr. Adnane Abbaci worked for twelve years at the High Commission of Water Forests and Combating Desertification of Morocco, implementing government decisions on forests and watershed management, desertification mitigation and climate change adaptation. In addition, I have developed a regional geospatial database to establish baselines for forest ecosystems assessment and methodology to combat desertification.
His professional interests are in research for sustainable development of natural resources especially forest ecosystems, combating desertification, Smart agriculture, partnership and climate change adaptation and mitigation.

He has spent one year and a half at UC Davis in California, USA. During his fellowship year with the Humphrey Program, he has learned more about monitoring climate change effects on natural resources and geospatial processes to improve the sustainability of forests, to sequestrate carbon and mitigate climate change effects. Specifically, he has earned more technical experience in web mapping, climate change modeling and developing partnerships with international organizations.