Hima Kfarmatta Management Plan shows we are on the right track
In order to strengthen the Hima communal governance system for participatory cultural landscapes’ management and to ensure local community empowerment, stewardship, and engagement in the management of the landscape, the Society for Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) has finalized a five-year management plan for Hima Kfarmatta in Mount Lebanon.
High Atlas Food Market celebrates World Biodiversity Day
Eight rural cooperatives from different regions of the High Atlas introduced and sold their local products to urban consumers at the event held in Marrakech, which was aimed at promoting biodiversity-friendly local products and supporting community livelihoods.
SPNL presents training on Wild Edible Plants in three Hima sites
Wild edible plants play a significant role in securing food diversity, improving health, sustaining biodiversity in the ecosystem, and expanding economic opportunities. However, this cultural practice is disappearing with time due to over-harvesting and decline in the indigenous knowledge concerning the harvesting of those plants, cultivation, use, consumption, and perceived medical properties.
Last chance for a CAP committed to cultural landscapes and high nature value farming
WWF Spain, Trashumancia y Naturaleza and other partners work towards achieving a fair and sustainable farming policy.
Terra Kytheria: upscaling Terra Lemnia to Kythera Island, Greece
MedINA is upscaling the know-how and experience from its Terra Lemnia project in this new project, launched in March 2021, on Kythera Island.
Steps towards the differentiation of products coming from extensive grazing in the market
Initiatives include identifying barriers and opportunities in the extensive sheep/goat value chain and developing a proposal for the characterization of extensive grazing.
On the Move for Spring Migration!
Follow Sarıkeçili pastoral nomads in Turkey during their hundreds of kilometres spring migration from their wintering site at the shores of Mediterranean to their summering sites in Central Anatolia beyond the Taurus Mountains.
Participation on bio indicator monitoring in Land Stewardship Scheme
Spring has arrived and with it, the monitoring of bio indicators on farms signed up to the Land Stewardship Scheme. The object of this exercise is to demonstrate, through voluntary participation, the positive relationship between the practice of sustainable farms and biodiversity.
Strengthening the ecological and socio-economic resilience of West Bekaa and Mount Lebanon landscapes through sustaining their cultural practices
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon conducts a capacity-building training in Kherbet Kanafar, West Bekaa, promoting sustainable cultural practices as a way to enhance community livelihoods, especially women, through the production of cultural-based services and food products.
Control of pests by looking after the soil
Pests are indicators of an unbalanced soil. More than just dealing directly with the pests, it is fundamental to understand the causes and look for natural systems to make sure they do not recur.
Hima Kfarmatta Management Plan shows we are on the right track
In order to strengthen the Hima communal governance system for participatory cultural landscapes’ management and to ensure local community empowerment, stewardship, and engagement in the management of the landscape, the Society for Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) has finalized a five-year management plan for Hima Kfarmatta in Mount Lebanon.
High Atlas Food Market celebrates World Biodiversity Day
Eight rural cooperatives from different regions of the High Atlas introduced and sold their local products to urban consumers at the event held in Marrakech, which was aimed at promoting biodiversity-friendly local products and supporting community livelihoods.
SPNL presents training on Wild Edible Plants in three Hima sites
Wild edible plants play a significant role in securing food diversity, improving health, sustaining biodiversity in the ecosystem, and expanding economic opportunities. However, this cultural practice is disappearing with time due to over-harvesting and decline in the indigenous knowledge concerning the harvesting of those plants, cultivation, use, consumption, and perceived medical properties.
Last chance for a CAP committed to cultural landscapes and high nature value farming
WWF Spain, Trashumancia y Naturaleza and other partners work towards achieving a fair and sustainable farming policy.
Terra Kytheria: upscaling Terra Lemnia to Kythera Island, Greece
MedINA is upscaling the know-how and experience from its Terra Lemnia project in this new project, launched in March 2021, on Kythera Island.
Steps towards the differentiation of products coming from extensive grazing in the market
Initiatives include identifying barriers and opportunities in the extensive sheep/goat value chain and developing a proposal for the characterization of extensive grazing.
On the Move for Spring Migration!
Follow Sarıkeçili pastoral nomads in Turkey during their hundreds of kilometres spring migration from their wintering site at the shores of Mediterranean to their summering sites in Central Anatolia beyond the Taurus Mountains.
Participation on bio indicator monitoring in Land Stewardship Scheme
Spring has arrived and with it, the monitoring of bio indicators on farms signed up to the Land Stewardship Scheme. The object of this exercise is to demonstrate, through voluntary participation, the positive relationship between the practice of sustainable farms and biodiversity.
Strengthening the ecological and socio-economic resilience of West Bekaa and Mount Lebanon landscapes through sustaining their cultural practices
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon conducts a capacity-building training in Kherbet Kanafar, West Bekaa, promoting sustainable cultural practices as a way to enhance community livelihoods, especially women, through the production of cultural-based services and food products.
Control of pests by looking after the soil
Pests are indicators of an unbalanced soil. More than just dealing directly with the pests, it is fundamental to understand the causes and look for natural systems to make sure they do not recur.
