Ahmed Karmaoui started his academic career as Research Fellow at Cadi Ayyad University and awarded Ph.D. from the Faculty of Semlalia (UCA); graduated from Publons Academy, and awarded Top 1% of international Reviewers (2018) by Publons. He has published various peer-reviewed international journal articles, book chapters, and books on a range of environmental topics. He is currently the president of the Southern Center for Culture and Science, Morocco, and an assistant professor at FSTE (UMI). Broad areas of his research interests include ecosystem services assessment.