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Project Name:
Integrated Management of Cedar Forests In Lebanon in Cooperation with other Mediterranean Countries

 

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Budget

$1,212,200


Funders

Global Environment Facility / Ministry of Environment


Start Date

July 2004


Duration

3 years


Extensions


Project Resource


Project Manager

American University of Beirut, Faculty of Agriculture


Project Focal Point (Department)

Protection of Urban Environment Service


Aim

Development of an action plan for integrated sustainable management of the Tannourine cedar forest. Protect the forest from invasive insect species that are causing serious damage to trees


Objectives

1. Develop a sustainable management plan that addresses possible threats to the ecosystem of cedar forests and means of removal of these threats.  The management plan will include the following secondary objectives:

 

i) Understand the causes of Cephalcia outbreak in Tannourine and assess the possible threats of similar outbreaks in cedar forests in the Mediterranean region.

ii) Develop a pest management plan applied to the Tannourine forest and adapt this plan to other cedar forests in the region through dissemination of knowledge and best practice.

 

2. Increased institutional and community knowledge exchange, networking, education and capacity building for the management of cedar forests.


 
 
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