
Promoting Sustainable Hunting Practices in Lebanon Using a Community-Based Approach
Grantee Name: Lebanese Environment Forum
- Hotspot
- Mediterranean Basin
- Location
- Lebanon
- Amount
- $182,385
- Dates
- Dec 2013 – Sep 2015
- Keywords
- Awareness, Habitat conservation and management, Hunting, Journalism/media, Monitoring and evaluation, Policy/law
Undertake a multi-media campaign in Lebanon to raise awareness about key biodiversity areas, birds and biodiversity. Increase understanding of Lebanon's new hunting law and promote sustainable hunting practices in the country. Disseminate awareness materials throughout the administrative districts and undertake pilot trainings through hunting clubs, educators, law enforcement officers and the local community. In addition, initiate a pilot model Public Hunting Area, and prepare management and business plans, as well as site and species monitoring plans for the site.
3 Improve the conservation and protection status of 44 priority key biodiversity areas
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