Library Research Guides: Albright Institute: 5: Global Phosphorous Supply in Morocco and Western Sahara

Background and Context

Map from CIA World Factbook from December 2020 NASA image taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in June 2018

The conflict phosphates - four decades of plunder
A 2023 article from Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW), who works in solidarity with the people of Western Sahara.
Phosphates and Bipartisanship in Congress
A 2023 article from Forbes.
Why the world needs Morocco’s desert rock
A 2023 article from CNBC.
U.S. Geological Survey Phosphate Rock Statistics and Information
U.S. Geological Survey statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of the mineral commodity phosphate rock.
CIA World Factbook
Detailed profiles of all of the countries of the world, including history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. *Morocco Profile.
SuperSearch
Results include journal articles, newspapers, magazines, and other source types for items available at Wellesley and beyond. This link takes you to results for the search: phosphor* AND (Morocco OR "Western Sahara)

Reports & Articles

Network evolution and risk assessment of the global phosphorus trade
An 2023 article from Science of the Total Environment an international multi-disciplinary natural science journal for publication of novel, hypothesis-driven and high-impact research on the total environment, which interfaces the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and anthroposphere.
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Environmental Performance Review (EPR) of Morocco
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) presents the 2022 "second Environmental Performance Review (EPR) of Morocco takes stock of progress made in the governance and management of the environment since the first review in 2014."
Morocco’s New Challenges as a Gatekeeper of the World’s Food Supply: The Geopolitics, Economics, and Sustainability of OCP’s Global Fertilizer Exports
A 2022 report from the Middle East Institute, an organization trying to increase knowledge of the Middle East among citizens of the United States and to promote a better understanding between the people of these two areas.
Opening access to the black box: The need for reporting on the global phosphorus supply chain
An article from 2020 in the Journal of Environment and Society, that publishes research on the interrelationships between society and environment.
PolicyCommons
Policy Commons is a collection of objective, fact-based research from the world’s leading policy experts, think tanks, IGOs and NGOs. Search links is for Morocco and phosphor*

Statistics

Marketed production of phosphates in Morocco in 2020, by mining center
"Statista is a global data and business intelligence platform with an extensive collection of statistics, reports, and insights."

UN Data This link opens in a new window
Search 55 million data points from across the UN system, covering economic, social, financial and development data, 1945 to present.
Sage Data (formerly Data Planet) This link opens in a new window
An extensive repository of standardized and structured statistical data. Datasets cover a wide range of subjects — including business, finance, banking, economics, sociology, political science, demography, agriculture, education, international studies, criminal justice, housing and construction, labor and employment, energy resources and industries, and more.
World Development Indicators (WDI) This link opens in a new window
Over 550 development indicators (people, economy, environment, global, states and markets), time series for 208 countries and 18 country groups, 1960 to present.

GRID-Geneva
GRID-Geneva manages numerous high quality geospatial data sets at various scales (global, continental, national and subnational) on a variety of environment related themes.
World Resources Institute
Center focuses on a number of specific initiatives, including projects on Air Quality, Energy Access, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs), Climate Governance, Environmental Rights, Gender, and Climate Resilience Practice.
Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals (2023)
The Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2023 presents interactive storytelling and data visualizations about the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. It highlights trends for selected targets within each goal and introduces concepts about how some SDGs are measured.

News Sources

Global Newsstream This link opens in a new window
One of the largest collections of news from the US, Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Australia, many in full text, as well as news sites, blogs, and newswires from the 1980s to the present (dates vary by title).
Nexis Uni news sources This link opens in a new window
U.S. & foreign newspapers, 1980s to present (dates of coverage vary).
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) This link opens in a new window
Broadcasts, news agency transmissions, and government statements from around the globe translated into English, 1941-1996.
PressReader This link opens in a new window
Thousands of magazines and newspapers in more than 60 languages, from over 160 countries, in original color print layout, from the past 45+ days.