Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

High-up view of the landscape and bright blue sky. — The Bekka Valley and the Anti-Lebanon Mountains from Al-Shouf, Lebanon.

© Conservation International/photo by Pierre Carret

Demonstrating Sustainable Management of Important Eastern Mediterranean Forests and Key Biodiversity Areas in the Anti-Lebanon Mountains

Grantee Name: Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon

Hotspot: Mediterranean Basin
Location: Lebanon
Amount: $220,220
Dates: Feb 2013 – Feb 2015
Keywords: Agriculture, Community-based conservation, Livestock, Landscape Resilience

Revive the traditional Hima approach of land husbandry, integrating the grazing needs of the local shepherds into a sustainable management plan within a collaboratively agreed-upon zone of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains Key Biodiversity Area.

Strategic Direction : 3 Improve the conservation and protection status of 44 priority key biodiversity areas

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Demonstrating Sustainable Management of Important Eastern Mediterranean Forests and Key Biodiversity Areas in the Anti-Lebanon Mountains

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