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Table 11. Estimated Investment Portfolio for each Action Plan
• Concerned government bodies
• Academic institutions
• Schools
• Fishermen's unions
• Tourism sector
Targets • Create a public aquarium for educational purposes
• Develop educational material and activities targeted to
fishermen and related to the impact of adverse fishing
activities on marine biodiversity
• Develop educational material and activities targeted to
recreational users and related to the impact of unregulated
recreational aquatic activities on biodiversity
• Develop educational material and activities to raise the
awareness of government employees and civil servants to
the importance of implementing laws and regulations
related to coastal and marine conservation
Estimated Cost in $ $ 900,000
Priority Action 4 Develop monitoring strategies for marine and coastal
biodiversity.
Responsibility • Concerned governmental bodies (ministries and
municipalities)
• Academic and research institutions (public and private)
Targets • Creation of a readily accessible national database of
marine and coastal biodiversity
• Generate bioindicators and develop monitoring priorities
to allow decision makers to take appropriate action for
biodiversity conservation
Estimated Cost in $ $ 1,000,000
Priority Action 5 Determine the physical parameters of the Lebanese marine
environment
Responsibility • Academic and research institutions (public and private)
• Concerned governmental bodies (ministries and
municipalities)
Targets • Generate GIS based maps of the physical parameters of
the Lebanese coast.
• Establish a readily accessible national database of the
physical parameters
• Develop models to predict fluctuations in the physical
parameters and their impact on biodiversity, population
dynamics and target indicator species.
Estimated Cost in $ $ 1,700,000
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Prepared By M. Nader & S. Talhouk June, 2002