This 45-month project is a joint effort between 4 Lebanese partners working together towards enhancing the management and governance of sites of ecological importance as well as creating new Protected Areas and  Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) for broader landscape conservation and connectivity. These main objectives will be achieved by abating the main pressures on key biodiversity, enforcing legislation, effectively managing existing sites and designating new ones while supporting local communities. Improved status of biodiversity and human wellbeing are the major expected outcomes of the project.