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Living Environment - Vegetable biodiversity in Lebanon: a squandered wealth
By Suzanne Baaklini
When you walk in a natural environment in Lebanon, one that is still preserved such as the Ehden reserve, you will surely be struck by the spectacle that is offered to you: a true wildlife sanctuary surrounds you, where ecological diversity is...Full Story>> |
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Pollution - Lebanon's oil slick cleaned... but headache continues
By Lamia RADI
Two years after the worst oil spill in the east Mediterranean left thousands of tonnes of crude over three-quarters of Lebanon's coast, the beaches are almost all clean but the troubles continue.Full Story>> |
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Sustainable Development - Aaitaroun, a green village in the south
By Rana Moussaoui
In Lebanon, a country facing the problem of managing its waste, the village of Aitaroun, which was invaded during the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, finds itself today a pioneer of “proper” and useful “recycling”.Full Story>> |
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Pollution - Sidon chokes under rubbish dump
By Rana Moussaoui
"Sidon’s mountain" bears no resemblance to the green mountains of Lebanon. It is rather an immense landfill that dumps its trash into the Mediterranean, polluting the coast of the ancient Phoenician port city. The dump is just a few...Full Story>> |
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Human Activities - Solid Waste Management in Lebanon : A Dead End
By Christina Anid
In June 2006, Yaacoub Sarraf, the resigned Minister of Environment, saw his new plan for solid waste treatment was rejected, so he raised the alarm saying that: “Without an emergency plan, Lebanon would drown under garbage in no more than six...Full Story>> |
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Pollution - Target : Nature. The Environmental cost of the 34 Day War
By Jasmina Najjar
The 34 Day War that hit Lebanon in the summer of 2006, didn’t only see to the destruction of much of the country’s infrastructure. It didn’t only result in the loss of human life and homes. It also had a great impact on...Full Story>> |
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Pollution - The Dark Air of Peril: Air pollution in Beirut and other cities
By Suzanne Baaklini
Are Beirut and the other Lebanese cities suffering from pollution? Well, it is not at all rare to see from a distance ominous brown smog over the capital. Yet, it has been long impossible to confirm or deny the seriousness of such pollution, because...Full Story>> |
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Human Activities - Cluster bombs : a plague in the south
By Nayla Khoury
In the last 72 hours of the conflict between Israel and Hizbullah back in July-August 2006, Israeli warplanes dropped cluster bombs in various southern Lebanese areas. For the local populations and for the deminers as well, these bombs represent a...Full Story>> |
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Human Activities - Deforestation: a case of fast disappearance
By Suzanne Baaklini
While the world is celebrating Earth Day Network on April 22, Lebanon is still suffering from a severe lack of environmental policies. Deforestation is one of its ecological problems. It is obvious that the impact of deforestation has made...Full Story>> |
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