As part of ongoing efforts to strengthen communication and coordination with the Lebanese Army Intelligence, the Head of the Army Intelligence Branch in North Lebanon, General Nazih Baqai, received the President of the Middle East Sustainable Hunting Center MESHC and Field Coordinator for Responsible Hunting at the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon SPNL, Adonis Khoury, along with the Head of the Anti-Poaching Unit APU and Director of the CABS Office in Lebanon, Shireen Bou Rfoul.
During the meeting, discussions focused on ways to cooperate in protecting migratory birds and combating illegal hunting, as well as on joint efforts to implement the international agreements ratified by Lebanon, notably:the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals CMS,the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia Raptors MoU,the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds AEWA,the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES,and the Convention on Biological Diversity CBD.
Khoury emphasized the importance of the military institution’s support for these efforts, given its pivotal role in protecting Lebanon’s natural environment and enforcing the law.
This article was published on this date when the organization was known as the Middle East Sustainable Hunting Center. The name was later changed to the Middle East Center for Sustainable Harvest and Anti-Poaching.
