Education and awareness for mainstreaming and public engagement in formulation of the new National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP)

Academic Cooperation with the Environment Quality Authority to increase public awareness and participation in the new National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP)

Sub objective 1: Expand an existing database of stakeholders to include wider public “influencers” which include youth and women and religious leaders, farmers, cooperatives and others who can become a backbone of implementation of relevant sections of the NBSAP.

Sub objective 2: Develop a text that includes key points of the NBSAP being worked on and make it available in Arabic to be used in public education, awareness, and consultation. 

Sub objective 3: Bridging science-policy-public participation: Run additional workshops and focus groups that reach a minimum 100 Palestinian influencers from diverse backgrounds (gender, age, geographic location, educational background etc.) to increase knowledge and participation in policy making and in conservation.