Chouf Cedar Reserve learns management the Italian way.Byline: Maher Zeineddine Summary: Chouf Cedar Reserve staff last month visited Italy, to pick up tips on managing nature parks and reserves.AaAs part of the initiative for the "Enhancement of the networking and managerial capacity of the Chouf Cedar Reserve," funded by the Italian Cooperation Office of the Embassy of Italy in Beirut, a comprehensive team from the reserve visited Italy from October 11-24. BEIRUT: Chouf Cedar Reserve staff last month visited Italy, to pick up tips on managing nature parks and reserves.AaAs part of the initiative for the "Enhancement of the networking and managerial capacity of the Chouf Cedar Reserve," funded by the Italian Cooperation Office of the Embassy of Italy in Beirut, a comprehensive team from the reserve visited Italy from October 11-24. Members of several municipalities in the Chouf region, as well members of Chouf Cedar Society -- the management group for the reserve -- were part of the team that travelled to Italy.Aa The visit's first stop was Abruzzo Lazio and Molise National Park where the team was hosted by the Park in the traditional Apennine village of Opi. After an introductory session during which the Abruzzo Lazio and Molise, and Chouf teams presented their respective parks, a general discussion took place regarding management techniques and the difficulties in implementing them.Aa This was followed by a visit to the main Abruzzo Lazio and Molise Park visitor center where the Chouf team examined a number of exhibits that could be emulated in Lebanon.Aa Field trips were then organized in different sections of the mountainous moun·tain·ous adj. 1. Having many mountains. 2. Resembling a mountain in size; huge: mountainous waves. mountainous Adjective 1. terrain of Abruzzo where hiking trails, signs and visitor facilities were examined by the Chouf team.Aa The landscape and biological similarities between Abruzzo and the Chouf region were striking. Following the field trips, individual departments within the Abruzzo headquarters were visited and information exchanged.Aa The Chouf Cedar Reserve team said they were most impressed with the involvement and benefit sharing between the Abruzzo Lazio and Molise National Park and the residents of its 24 villages.Aa The second part of the visit was to Circeo Regional Park on the Mediterranean coast, where the main focus was fighting forest fires This is a list of notorious forest fires: North America Year Size Name Area Notes 1825 3,000,000 acres (12,000 km²) Miramichi Fire New Brunswick Killed 160 people. .Aa Following an introduction to Circeo Park, the Italian State Forest Corps and the Italian Civil Protection introduced their visitors to the staff one of their fire fighting fire fighting, the use of strategy, personnel, and apparatus to extinguish, to confine, or to escape from fire. Fire-Fighting Strategy Fire fighting strategy involves the following basic procedures: arriving at the scene of the fire as rapidly as centers and demonstrated the various implements and machinery used in fire fighting -- from the hand shovel to the helicopter.Aa A controlled fire was then extinguished by the Chouf team. The final day was spent studying the investigative techniques involved in determining the causes of forest fires.Aa On October 20, at the headquarter head·quar·ter v. head·quar·tered, head·quar·ter·ing, head·quar·ters Usage Problem v.tr. To provide with headquarters: of the Italian Federation of Parks and Nature Reserves in Rome, a collaboration agreement was signed between the Abruzzo Lazio and Molise National Park,the Chouf Cedar Nature Reserve and the Federation.Aa The meeting was held in the presence of the general director of the Italian Cooperation at the Foreign Affairs foreign affairs pl.n. Affairs concerning international relations and national interests in foreign countries. Ministry Elisabetta Melloni, president of the Chouf Cedar Reserve Nora Jumblatt, members of the Chouf Cedar Reserve Committee, Charles Noujaim, Michel Skaff and Faisal Abu-Izzeddin, other figures from the Italian government and environmental NGOs.Aa The agreement stipulated the exchange of experience bet-ween the partners, including specialized information exchanges within the protected area
Protected areas domain, and the accomplishment of common educational and research programs.Aa Parties also agreed to work on the mutual promotion of both parks and to boost cooperation between their stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. .Aa The identification, promotion and implementation of common projects were also mentioned in the agreement.Aa The agreement also recommended the promotion of the values of this kind of international cooperation, to the Italian and the Lebanese public. Copyright 2009, The Daily Star. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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