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As climate changes and wildfires get larger, hotter and more frequent, how should public lands in the American West be managed to protect endangered creatures that, like the spotted owl, rely on fire-prone old-growth forests? Could periodic forest thinning and prescribed
On Saturday January 16, 2016 the Third voice for Lebanon remitted the prize for the winners in the frame of the inter school competition launched in celebration of the International day of peace. SPNL (Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon) – SNOW program
No Images? Click here From 17 to 19 September 2015 in Gland, Switzerland, MAVA Foundation organised the second workshop to develop its strategy for the Mediterranean Basin for the period of 2016–‐2022. Participants from research groups, NGOs, and funding organisations
Project Goals: – By 2015, the water table in the mountain aquifers is high enough to ensure an average yearly outflow of the Anjar and Shamseen springs compared to 2013 without pumping. – By 2015 – there is a total of at least 20 hectares of functioning
By Giulia Del Sarto Lebanon will face a water crisis this spring and summer due to unprecedented scarcity in rainfall. January 2014 – usually the rainiest month of the year – have witnessed an awkwardly sunny weather. Until January 21, rainfall rates in Lebanon had
Hima Kfar Zabad was announced on 26 October 2004 to protect the site from all kinds of abuses, especially continuous hunting. The Hima area covers the whole Important Bird Area that constitutes the wetlands in addition to the agricultural lands. This area is highly
Location: Southern Lebanon between Marjayoun and Hasbaya, west of the Hasbani River. Village lies on the Rift valley flyway, well documented for migratory raptors and soaring birds. Total area: 219 hectares IBA Criteria met: A1, A3, and A4iv Explanation: A1 presence
Location: Eastern Bekaa, at foot of the Anti-Lebanon mountain range, in the municipalities of Anjar and Kfar Zabad. Total area: 326 ha IBA Criteria met: A1 Explanation: At least fifteen breeding pairs of Syrian Serins (Serinus syriacus) were present at the site in spring
Location: West Bekaa at the foot of Mount Lebanon and stretching across to the Litani River at 865m. Total area: 280ha approx. IBA Criteria met: A1, A4i, A4iv Explanation: A1 The wetlands an important stop-over site for2 globally threatened spring migrants, Corncrake and