Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Large cedar tree on sloping hill. — Cedar tree, Shouf Reserve, Lebanon.

© Sharif Jbour

Assessment of Cultural Practices in the High Mountain Eastern Mediterranean Landscape in Lebanon

Grantee Name: Al-Shouf Cedar Society

Hotspot: Mediterranean Basin
Location: Lebanon
Amount: $18,188
Dates: Aug 2019 – Jan 2020
Keywords: Agriculture, Awareness, Land use planning, Protected Areas

Assess the maintenance and sustainability of the traditional land use practices in the high mountain landscape. Support local communities to increase their benefit from biodiversity friendly land-use and agricultural practices. Raise awareness of the value of traditional sustainably land-use practices among local community, private sector and government decision makers

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