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Hilly landscape, pockets of houses throughout.
Mount Hermon, Lebanon.
© Sharif Jbour

Assessing the Biodiversity Value of Olive Sites in Mount Hermon Key Biodiversity Area and Identifying the Environmental Impacts of Various Agricultural Practices, Lebanon

Grantee Name: Environment for Life

Hotspot
Mediterranean Basin
Location
Lebanon
Amount
$20,000
Dates
Apr 2019 – Oct 2019
Keywords
Agriculture, Biodiversity mainstreaming, Conservation planning, Habitat conservation and management, Research
Assess the biodiversity value of olive farms in Mount Hermon Key Biodiversity Area and identify the environmental impacts of agricultural practices that are shifting from traditional to new modern practices which are causing loos of biodiversity associated with traditionally inherited farming schemes.
Strategic Direction : 3 Promote the maintenance of traditional land-use practices necessary for the conservation of Mediterranean biodiversity in priority corridors of high cultural and biodiversity value

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