The beauty industry loves argan oil. But demand, and drought, are straining Morocco and its trees
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Goats climb and feed on an argan tree in Essaouira, Morocco, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)An argan tree, which has been affected by drought, stands in Essaouira, Morocco, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)A fruit hangs on an argan tree, in Essaouira, Morocco, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)Kharra Tlaytmass, who works at a cooperative that extracts and produces argan oil and products, poses for a portrait, Essaouira, Morocco, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)Rabiaa Reshmayn, who works at a cooperative that extracts and produces argan oil and products, poses for a portrait, in Essaouira, Morocco, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)Lalla Fatouma Boulkmah, who works at a cooperative that extracts and produces argan oil and products, poses for a portrait, in Essaouira, Morocco, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)Fatima Bensaid, who works at a cooperative that extracts and produces argan oil and products, poses for a portrait, in Essaouira, Morocco, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)Women crack argan nuts at a cooperative that extracts and produces argan oil and products, in Essaouira, Morocco, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)A woman pours argan nuts to extract oil at a cooperative in Essaouira, Morocco, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)A worker from local government irrigates newly planted argan trees to help fight against drought and deforestation, in Essaouira, Morocco, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)A forest of argan trees is visible in Essaouira, Morocco, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)Women crack argan nuts at a cooperative that extracts and produces argan oil and products, in Essaouira, Morocco, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)Argan seeds are placed in a basket after getting cracked at a cooperative that extracts and produces argan oil and products, Essaouira, Morocco, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)A woman cracks argan nuts at a cooperative that extracts and produces argan oil and products, in Essaouira, Morocco, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)Women crack argan nuts at a cooperative that extracts and produces argan oil and products, in Essaouira, Morocco, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)A forest of argan trees is visible in Agadir, Morocco, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)Argan based products are displayed for sale at a cooperative that extracts and produces argan oil, in Essaouira, Morocco, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)A woman pours argan seeds in a machine that extracts oil, at at a cooperative in Essaouira, Morocco, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)Goats climb and feed on an argan tree in Essaouira, Morocco, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
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Goats climb and feed on an argan tree in Essaouira, Morocco, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)