Several meetings with the municipalities of Hima Kherbet Kanafar, Ain Zebdeh, and Aitanit took place between May and June, 2018 in order to explain to the relevant stakeholders about the scientific component of the project and specifically the monitoring of the selected biodiversity indicators that will take place for three consecutive years starting 2018 by the national experts . Further, several field visits to the above mentioned Hima sites took place, in presence of the ornithologist and SPNL scientific advisor, Dr. Ghassan Jarradi in order to identify the sites where monitoring will be carried out.






