Given that the number of 3 Forest Technicians (Zone Managers) assigned to the Toubkal National Park Directorate (DPNT) was insufficient to honor the mission of monitoring tourist activities and wildlife, and that no recruitment was planned by the High Commission for Water and Forests to Combat Desertification to fill this staffing gap, the DPNT considered recruiting,since 2015, as part of an outsourced service, eco-guards within local communities, and on the basis of very specific profiles (ex: former mountain guide, former poacher).

In addition, to be operational in the field, these eco-guards have benefited from training led by fauna/flora experts and the Toubkal National Park team to identify priority wildlife species, handle the technical equipment made available to them and carry out the monitoring set up by the DPNT.