Technical Workshop on the Establishment of Forest Tree Nursery (November 1st, 2008) Based on our applied and unique experience from the forest tree nursery at AREC, a training workshop on the “Establishment and Maintenance of Forest Tree Nurseries” was conducted at AREC for teachers from five Lebanese agriculture technical schools. The workshop provided the participants with technical information and hands-on training on various new techniques and covering the following topics: (i) Lebanese forest tree identification, (ii) seed collection and processing, (iii) containers and growing media, (iv) field observation on compost making and (v) field observation on seedling nutrition and irrigation.
UNIQUE DONATIONS
The Khalil family has made a contribution to our campaign in a unique and impressionable way during a family wedding ceremony. IBSAR proposed to the family to plant one native tree for every wedding guest as their contribution to offsetting the environmental disturbance caused by their 1,000+ guests flying in from around the world as well as awakening their guests about environmental issues in their native country.
WHAT’S NEW IBSAR has launched its Tree Gift Cards! We all love to give – and receive – gifts that are a bit unusual. When you give someone a tree, you are giving them a gift that is unusual, that shows you care, that will grow for years, and that establishes a living and very personal connection between you, the recipient, and with Lebanon. It really is the perfect gift for any occasion – to celebrate the birth of a child, for a special birthday, for an anniversary, for a young person’s graduation, for the holiday season and for Father’s and Mother’s Day. If you would like to know more about our tree gift cards, please contact us at ibsar@aub.edu.lb or by phone at 01350000 extension 4509.
WHAT’S NEXT 10,288 trees will be planted across municipalities in the Chouf, Akkar and South Lebanon areas between November 2008 and March 2009.
OUR SUPPORTERS We thank the following donors who have contributed $68,529 USD and supported the planting of 10,288 trees. An additional $61,729 dollars have been raised since our last spring newsletter. We need your help in spreading the news and getting additional donations to achieve our goal of 50,000 native trees by the year 2010.
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Arab Reinsurance Company Al Habtoor Leighton Group Pfizer International Corporation Aramex Rakeen
Embassies
• British Embassy
Associations
• Lebanese American Association
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Dr. Ann Z. Kerr Mr. Anthony Hilu Ms. Asli Bali Mr. Bassem Mroue Ms. Carole Choucair Mr. Charles Zahr Ms. Dina Kilani
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Mr. Edgard Mazigi Mr. Elger Esser Mr. Fadi Shayya Ms. Fadya Bitar Dr. Fares Akl Mr. & Ms. Farouk K. Jabre Mr. Faysal Zok Mr. & Ms. Faysal & May El Khalil Ms. Hoda Salman Nassar Mr. Iskandar Hakim Mr. Khaled Salem Mahayri Ms. Lina Makarim Degham Ms. Maha Abdul-Jabbar Al-Ajlani Ms. Marianne Skeen Ms. Mona Hammad Mr. Mouhannad N. El Sadi Ms. Myrna Bustani Mr. Nabih Nabti Mr. & Ms. Nabil & Nayla Kettaneh Mr. & Ms. Nadim & Ghada Kassar Dr. Najat Aoun Saliba
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Dr. Nelly Rubeiz Ms. Noura Daouk Mr. Pierre Kacha Mr. & Ms. Raja and Susan Trad Mr. & Ms. Raja and Leila Baroody Ms. Rawya El-Dadi Ms. Roula Haddad Mr. & Ms. Sami Chehab Mr. Sami Kahil Mr. Samir Dakik Ms. Sana Hamady Mr. Shahe Khatchadourian Dr. Sirene Harb Ms. Susanne Lane Mr. Walid M. Abouzeid Mr. & Ms. Wassim and Maha Keys Mr. Youssef Atallah Mr. Ziad Victor Jureidini