Science at the service of endangered wildlife.

Our story

We were born in 2010 with a simple yet demanding idea: to document and conserve endangered wildlife.

Since 2010 we have been carrying out a series of faunal survey expeditions in the northern quadrant of Western Sahara, and the information gathered, the ideas generated, and the hope of helping restore what was once a fertile oasis led us to create Harmusch.

The reason is simple: it gives us a legal identity with which to sign collaboration agreements, obtain scientific permits, and secure funding.

Harmusch's scope of action is not limited to desert environments. We have undertaken expeditions to places as remote as the Himalayas, various African countries (Senegal, Zambia, South Africa, etc.), Patagonia, and the Andes. Any place that may harbor fauna on the brink of extinction is the target of our efforts.

We currently collaborate with the Experimental Station of Arid Zones (CSIC). Our intention is to launch a long-term research and conservation program in collaboration with the High Commission for Water, Forests and the Fight against Desertification of the Government of Morocco and with the Scientific Institute of Rabat, Université Mohammed V (Dr. Abdeljebbar Qninba). We have already completed these initial surveys and are now finalizing the collaboration agreements, in which Rey Juan Carlos University participates as the Spanish scientific institution.

The group is made up of biologists and naturalists, with extensive demonstrable experience in wildlife management and conservation projects, involving species such as the Iberian lynx, Spanish imperial eagle, Bonelli's eagle, Egyptian vulture, black vulture, peregrine falcon, otter, bats, Iberian wolf, gray wolf, puma, jaguar, as well as Saharan fauna. Among all members they have more than one hundred publications, both scientific (many in journals of international impact) and outreach technical-scientific publications.