NAP-LDN                NAP Project            LDN
                                Funded by GEF-         Funded by 
                                 UNEP                     GM/UNCCD and 
                                                          UNDP
                                Executed by            Mainstreamed 
                                 AFDC and MoA             into NAP
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       Aims
               Updating                              Setting
           Updating the NAP and                Setting national targets 
           aligning it to the 10-              towards Land 
           Years Strategy of the               Degradation Neutrality
           UNCCD
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        Specific Objectives
        Updatin
             g          Updating the NAP
       Assessin Assessing changes in land cover/ land use, productivity 
             g          and soil organic carbon stocks through geoprocessing 
                        tools 
        Selectin Selecting national voluntary targets for land degradation 
             g          neutrality at various administrative levels across the 
                        country
       Developin Developing an exposure to land degradation map and an 
             g          implementation tool
       Proposin Proposing land investment guidelines
             g
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       New 
       NAP/LD
       N                ■At  the  time  of  the  first  NAP,  very  few 
                           projects were developed and implemented
                        ■Now many projects are dealing with SLM
                        ■While LDN addresses directly  SDG  15.3, 
                           implementing  the  national  targets  and 
                           their  related  measures  will  contribute  to 
                           the implementation of other SDG
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                           According to data from the 2015 Global FRA:
                           ■Forests cover 13.2%
       CURRENT 
       SITUATIO■“Other Wooded Lands” (OWL) cover 10.2% 
       N                   ■23.4% of the Lebanese land area covered 
                              by forests, woodlands and schrubs. 
                           ■Other  lands  with  trees,  including  fruit 
                              trees, olive yards, highly degraded forest 
                              lands that do not fall under “Forests” or 
                              “OWL” cover 11% of the total land area.
                           ■These figures  make  Lebanon  one  of  the 
                              most forested countries in the Middle East.
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