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<h2 id="mp-tfa-h2" class="mp-h2">About the project</h2>
<h2 id="mp-tfa-h2" class="mp-h2">About the project</h2>
<div id="mp-tfa" class="mp-contains-float">'''LBIP''' is a [[LBIP:About#What is "peer-review"?|peer-reviewed]] [[LBIP:About#What is "citizen-science" or "crowdsourcing"?|citizen-science]] project launched in 2026 after more than a year of careful offline preparation.
<div id="mp-tfa" class="mp-contains-float">'''LBIP''' is a [[LBIP:About#What is "peer-review"?|peer-reviewed]] [[LBIP:About#What is "citizen-science" or "crowdsourcing"?|citizen-science]] project launched in 2026 after more than two years of careful offline preparation.


The objective of this initiative is to document the biodiversity of Lebanon and build an [[LBIP:About#Why open-access?|open-access]] database of the Lebanese [[:Category:Animalia|fauna]], [[:Category:Plantae|flora]] and [[:Category:Fungi|funga]], but also the rich [[:Category:Fossils|fossil]] record. By making this information freely available, we aim to support scientific research, education, and conservation efforts.
The objective of this initiative is to document the biodiversity of Lebanon and build an [[LBIP:About#Why open-access?|open-access]] database of the Lebanese [[:Category:Animalia|fauna]], [[:Category:Plantae|flora]] and [[:Category:Fungi|funga]], but also the rich [[:Category:Fossils|fossil]] record. By making this information freely available, we aim to support scientific research, education, and conservation efforts.
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<div id="mp-dyk" class="mp-contains-float">Everyone is welcome to contribute to the project. We invite experts, researchers, photographers, and nature enthusiasts to join our collective effort.
<div id="mp-dyk" class="mp-contains-float">Everyone is welcome to contribute to the project. We invite experts, researchers, photographers, and nature enthusiasts to join our collective effort.
* If you want to contribute by writing articles and sharing photos, you are invited to [[Special:CreateAccount|create an account]].<br>You can also send your unidentified photos to the relevant [[LBIP:Contact_list#Experts|volunteer experts]] who will gladly help you identify the species.
* If you want to contribute by writing articles and sharing photos, you are invited to [[Special:CreateAccount|create an account]].<br>You can also send your unidentified photos to the relevant [[LBIP:Contact_list#Experts|volunteer experts]] who will gladly help you identify the species.
* If you noticed inaccuracies about a species, please [mailto:report@lbip.org report] the details of the error, along with links to the references you consulted so we can keep the database reliable.
* If you noticed inaccuracies about a species, please correct it or [mailto:report@lbip.org report] the details of the error, along with links to the references you consulted so we can fix the issue in an urgent way while keeping the database reliable. You may also report spam users using the same email.
For more info, please read our [[Help:Contributor's Guide|Contributor's Guide]].
For more info, please read our [[Help:Contributor's Guide|Contributor's Guide]].
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