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Promoting Traditional Land-use Practices in the Upper Beirut River Valley, Lebanon
Grantee Name: 
Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon
HOTSPOT
Mediterranean Basin
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$150,412
DATES
Mar 2021
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Aug 2022
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Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Mediterranean Basin
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$150,412
DATES
Mar 2021
-
Aug 2022

Promote the "Hima Farms" approach in the upper Beirut River Valley, with support to local farmers to adopt and maintain biodiversity-friendly practices, and marketing approaches for traditional products. Conduct extensive biodiversity assessments and monitoring, and advocate for inclusion of good practices in land-use planning at the municipality level.

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