Protecting Lebanon’s forests to enhance local economies, build resilience to climate change and support peacebuilding

Cornforth, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4379-9556, Petty, C., Llanwarne, H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1084-6251, Ngoleka, S., Pino Delgado, F., Saidaliyeva, Z., Bouazza, K., Charbel, E., Halle, S., Al Naber, M., Nehme, M., Pratta, K., Sarkis, C. and Sellwood, E., (2026) Protecting Lebanon’s forests to enhance local economies, build resilience to climate change and support peacebuilding. Technical Report. Zenodo, Geneva. pp78. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.20090397

Abstract/Summary

This report summarises the results of the first phase of the project “Protecting Lebanon’s forests to enhance local economies, build resilience to climate change and support peacebuilding”, implemented by the Lebanon Reforestation Initiative (LRI) under contract to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) with analytical and methodological support from The Pearl (formerly Walker Institute) at the University of Reading, and regional insights from the Royal Scientific Society of Jordan. The project forms part of the EU-UNEP Climate Change, Environment and Security Partnership. The work focuses on the Akkar governorate in northern Lebanon, where climate stress, ecological degradation and political fragility intersect, and where the resilience of livelihoods and natural ecosystems are deeply linked to social stability.

Item Type	Report (Technical Report)
URI	https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/id/eprint/129945
Identification Number/DOI	10.5281/zenodo.20090397
Divisions	Interdisciplinary Research Centres (IDRCs) > The Pearl Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Meteorology
Uncontrolled Keywords	climate adaptation, climate storylines, ICICLE storylines, ICECCAP, My Climate Risk, MCR, fragile contexts, Lebanon, Akkar, livelihoods, livelihood zone, nature-based solutions, water scarcity, food security, participatory solutions, conflict sensitivity, peacebuilding, community-based adaptation, locally-led adaptation, LLA, Global Goal on Adaptation, GGA, National Adaptation Plan, NAP, UNEP, transboundary, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Social Sciences, Climate Change Adaptation
Publisher	Zenodo
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