Vision: A Biosphere Reserve where environmental integrity, social equity, and economic sustainability converge through rigorous scientific management and community involvement
Mission: To ensure good governance, sound design, and long-term planning for effective inclusive management, leading to successful conservation outcomes. Through landscape restoration, stakeholder engagement, and robust monitoring and evaluation, the SBR is committed to employing science and innovation across the entire territory. By sharing best practices, improving ecosystem services, and protecting biodiversity, it strives to promote cultural practices, community development, and heritage preservation. Additionally, it actively addresses climate change through awareness raising, adaptation, and mitigation measures, working towards a sustainable future for all.
for a personal or corporate gift.
A program designed to support the conservation of the Cedrus libani, the Cedar tree of Lebanon.
In the “Immortal Cedar Forest”, within the Barouk Cedar Forest, one can adopt a cedar tree that will have their name on a plaque placed next to the cedar.
This entitles the sponsor to a certificate with a serial number and a free-entrance membership for a renewable period of five years.
The Shouf Biosphere Reserve (SBR) lies between longitude 35º 28’- 35º 47’ East and latitude 33º 32’- 35º 48’ North at an altitude ranging from 1200 to 1980 meters. It is located along a mountain range known as the Barouk Mountain, which is a southern extension of the Mount Lebanon Range. The range runs parallel to the Mediterranean coast. The Beirut-Damascus highway and town of Jezzine define the north and south borders of the reserve. The western slopes of the range face the Shouf region; the eastern slopes face Mount Hermon and form the western escarpment of the Beqaa Valley. The SBR covers an area of about 500 square km, equivalent to 5% of the area of Lebanon.
The SBR includes two protected areas, Al-Shouf Cedar Reserve and Ammiq Wetland, and twenty-five villages: Niha, Jbaa, Mrusti, Khraibe, Baadaran, Maasser el Shouf, Botmeh, Warhanieh, Batloun, Barouk, Ain Zhalta, Bmohray, Ain Dara, Qab Elias, El Safra, Ammiq, Aana, Kefraya, Kherbit Kanafar, Ain Zebde, Saghbine, Bab Mareh, Aitanit and Machghara.
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