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In line with this new dynamic to support MPAs, ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� facilitated meetings with high level officials to invite Lebanon to adhere the Mediterranean Trust Fund and get benefit into supporting existing and future MPAs.

This achievement is part of the “Deep-Sea Lebanon” project, funded by MAVA Foundation and lead by in cooperation with ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� and as executing partners; the Lebanese Ministry of Environment as key member of the Steering Committee; and, and as Supportive Partners.

The project, launched in 2016, is being executed based on a request for partnership sent from the Lebanese Ministry of Environment in order to carry out biodiversity field surveys in the deep sea in Lebanon, following the adoption by the Lebanese Government of the Lebanon’s Marine Protected Areas Strategy in 2012 (link to the strategy), in which four sites in the deep sea were identified as potential MPAs and need further scientific studies for their declaration.

The overall aim of the “Deep-sea Lebanon project” is to increase the surface of MPAs in Lebanon with the intention of generating suitable management plans to maintain those protected zones, and support sustainable development along the Lebanon coast.

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