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  • Welcome to a breath of nature

    Enjoy with us unlimited beauty, heritage of the land and the people, Shape young minds, Protect for future generations
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  • Surrender to the vastness of the landscape

  • Rejoice life in all its forms

  • Treasure earth cycles & the making of life

  • Nature is eternal

  • Praise the infinite diversity

  • Live in harmony with the planet

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VISION

Enhanced survivorship potentials for all living beings ensure a better quality of life for humankind.

MISSION

 FON will endeavor

  • to acknowledge and preserve the natural heritage of Lebanon
  • to increase knowledge about Lebanon’s natural assets and environmental challenges through awareness, education, communication and research
  • to reduce and reverse the rate of destruction of natural resources
  • to advocate better environmental management
  • to instill a sense of citizenship fervent of the natural wealth and committed to its preservation to present and future generations

LOGO

  MAN  in his diversity (evolutionary, intellectual, cultural, social, religious, etc.: unequal lines) fits in

 HABITAT   with its cherished diversity & that of its beings (unequal lines)

 NATUREall fit in nature with its unbound resources and complex phenomena

IUCN Member

The Friends of Nature is pinning itself on international platforms. We are a contributing member to the largest network of nature committed organizations headed by the IUCN- International Union for Conservation of Nature.

 

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Join our activities

FON announces its coming activities on its facebook page Friends Of Nature FON, like our page to receive notification of upcoming activities. Engaged supporters can become members and will enjoy a set of privileges.

 

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Build your event with FON

             FON customizes events to your preference:                  *private hikes and excursions for groups and corporates                                *private children activity day in nature                                                  * celebrate an occasion in nature                    *private ecotourism day in rural or cultural site                                                                       

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Featured Projects

ENGAGE, ADVOCATE, PERSEVERE, SUSTAIN

  • All
  • CHILDREN & NATURE
  • HIKING SHEPHERDS ROUTES
  • ECOTOURISM
  • CONSERVATION
  • ENDEMIC SPECIES
  • MARINE RECOVERY
  • REEF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOTOURISM
    REEF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOTOURISM
    MARINE RECOVERY
  • REEF SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
    REEF SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
    MARINE RECOVERY
  • CONCRETE ARTIFICIAL REEF GARDEN-JOUNIEH BAY
    CONCRETE ARTIFICIAL REEF GARDEN-JOUNIEH BAY
    MARINE RECOVERY
  • Creating the First Marine Reserve
    Creating the First Marine Reserve
    CONSERVATION
  • Creating the First Nature Reserve - Ehden Cedar Forest
    Creating the First Nature Reserve - Ehden Cedar Forest
    CONSERVATION
  • Agroforestry - Sustainable Agriculture
    Agroforestry - Sustainable Agriculture
    CONSERVATION
  • Collaboration with UNESCO | Ministries | NGOs
    Collaboration with UNESCO | Ministries | NGOs
    CHILDREN & NATURE
  • Children learning natural cycles & fossils
    Children learning natural cycles & fossils
    CHILDREN & NATURE
  • Children Learning on Living Beings (Plants and Animals)
    Children Learning on Living Beings (Plants and Animals)
    CHILDREN & NATURE
  • School Program for Biodiversity
    School Program for Biodiversity
    CHILDREN & NATURE
  • Celebrating Rivers with BIG JUMP (international org.)
    Celebrating Rivers with BIG JUMP (international org.)
    ECOTOURISM
  • Ecotourism with Local Community
    Ecotourism with Local Community
    ECOTOURISM
  • Ecotourism in Fatri
    Ecotourism in Fatri
    ECOTOURISM
  • Rhododendrons
    Rhododendrons
    HIKING SHEPHERDS ROUTES

COLLABORATIONS 

  • Friends of Nature conceives projects, solicits funding, and commands their implementation.

  • FON creates lines of activities as presented above in "featured projects"; these are advertised, promoted and open to the public

  • FON customizes activities to groups and corporates, such as private hikes, exploration outings, lectures, training, workshops, etc.

  • FON is enabled by a large network of stakeholders and collaborators, as well as, committed members with genuine ideas to capitalize on our natural assets and inspire socio-economic development under measures of sustainability and nature-based integration.

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  • Spreading Awareness

    Knowledge is a powerful tool to set change of behavior and social attitudes; it is intensively required with long-term commitment to augment effectiveness. FON is devoted to expanding the circle of knowledge.

  • Empowering communities, youth and women

    The future is entrusted to the youth, societal balance and stability is based on women's engagement, and the historical relation with nature is created by rural communities; FON knits its activities around these three segments of society and their involvement in the care for nature.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Cherishing Biodiversity

    FON appreciates all living forms for their intrinsic value, and respects the rights of all beings for their continued survival on a healthy planet that ensures their evolutionary progress under natural phenomena.

  • Advocating Conservation

    FON believes that nature conservation is the utmost priority to face environmental degradation and is need of the most urgent actions to keep samples of this planet's wealth and identity for the future until Man awakens to the significance of his role at protecting earth's life support systems.

 SUPPORT

FON won international and national support

  "USAID FUND

ECOTOURISM

with local community, municipality and private sector

 "EU FUNDED

AGROFORESTRY EDUCATION

partnering with 10 European countries      

 "MACAM

FON PREMISES

with the Modern And Contemporary Art Museum

AGROFORESTRY FARMER Blog

  • THANK YOU FROM FON

    Friends of Nature would like to thank all who contributed to making the Agroforestry Farmer Training program a success, from trainers, to participating farmers, municipalities, partners, and NGOs.

    تتشكر جمعية اصدقاء الطبيعة جميع الذين شاركوا في نجاح برنامج تدريب المزارعين على الزراعة المحرجة، ونخص بذلك المدربين، والمزارعين، البلديات، والشركاء وكذلك الجمعيات المتعاونة

  • INVITATION TO COMMUNICATE

    This is an invitation to all people trained or engaged at developing more sustainable agriculture to use this blog for communicating their views and sharing their accomplishments for the benefit of all.

     

    تفتح جمعية اصدقاء الطبيعة هذا الواصل وتدعوا المدربين والمنخرطين في زراعات مستدامة للمشاركة ارائهم وانجازاتهم لما فيه خير الجميع

  • AGROFORESTRY TRAINING-RASHAYA

Meet Our Team

  • Ricardus M. Haber
    Ricardus M. Haber
    • Position Founder of the Friends of Nature
  • Myrna Semaan Haber
    Myrna Semaan Haber
    • Position General Secretary
  • Elie Harfouche
    Elie Harfouche
    • Position Head of operations
  • Stacie Moutran
    Stacie Moutran
    • Position Biodiversity and Communication Officer
  • Ghiwa Sabbagh
    Ghiwa Sabbagh
    • Position Biodiversity and Education Officer
  • Samer Monzer
    Samer Monzer
    • Position Project Manager - Era1
  • Nancy Mouawad
    Nancy Mouawad
    • Position FON training team - Nancy Mouawad
  • Karen Younes
    Karen Younes
    • Position FON Training team - Karen Younes
  • Jad Jabbour
    Jad Jabbour
    • Position FON Training Team
  • Rami Abou Khalil
    Rami Abou Khalil
    • Position FON Training Team
  • Lea Fadel
    Lea Fadel
    • Position FON Training Team

FOUNDED 1972 

DECREED 1984 

NOTATION 96/AD 1984

From the Blog

  • AGROFORESTRY TRAINING-RASHAYA AGROFORESTRY TRAINING-RASHAYA March 30, 2016
  • INVITATION TO COMMUNICATE March 28, 2016

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