TERRE Liban received images taken yesterday, on February 14, 2024, showing excavation, road construction, and tree cutting encroaching on riverine properties in the environmentally and historically sensitive area of Wadi Ain Al-Raha in Tannourine, within the Joz River buffer zone.

TERRE Liban received images taken yesterday, on February 14, 2024, showing excavation, road construction, and tree cutting encroaching on riverine properties in the environmentally and historically sensitive area of Wadi Ain Al-Raha in Tannourine, within the Joz River buffer zone.

In April 2023, academic and legal professionals got together to coordinate their efforts and talk about the latest version of the high mountains updated draft law.

In light of the urgent need to conserve Lebanon’s high mountain lands, an efficient coordination meeting was convened in February 2023.

In an effort to conserve environmentally sensitive areas, TERRE Liban was able, with the help of environmental activists, the local community, and the Lebanese authorities, to successfully halt violations taking place in several important ESAs in Lebanon.

In an effort to engage students in environmental conservation, TERRE Liban has launched an initiative with the French Institute of Lebanon to raise awareness about the importance of protecting environmentally sensitive areas.

TERRE Liban organized a workshop on December 2022, to share the results of the surveys conducted by La Sagesse University law students. The workshop addressed the environment of Lebanon’s mountains and their significance in terms of environment, agriculture, and tourism. Two high mountains draft laws were also exposed and discussed.

On the occasion of World Biodiversity Day, TERRE Liban launched in May 2022 an online application to involve the general public in the process of recognizing the value of the natural environment and taking precautions to protect it.

TERRE Liban has carried out 75 surveys across Lebanon’s multiple governorates with the assistance of enumerators from 14 local organizations.

The law students and the Human Rights Legal Department of La Sagesse University carried out a thorough survey across Lebanon's high mountains between April and September 2022.

TERRE Liban has developed a Geographical Information System (GIS) to collect, map, and highlight the data obtained from surveys done in 96 environmentally sensitive areas across Lebanon, including the high mountain lands.

In March 2022 TERRE Liban organized a workshop at La Sagesse University Auditorium to officially launch CESNA-LB project and set the needed criteria to analyze, identify, and map environmentally sensitive areas in Lebanon.

TERRE Liban received images taken yesterday, on February 14, 2024, showing excavation, road construction, and tree cutting encroaching on riverine properties in the environmentally and historically sensitive area of Wadi Ain Al-Raha in Tannourine, within the Joz River buffer zone.

TERRE Liban received images taken yesterday, on February 14, 2024, showing excavation, road construction, and tree cutting encroaching on riverine properties in the environmentally and historically sensitive area of Wadi Ain Al-Raha in Tannourine, within the Joz River buffer zone.

In April 2023, academic and legal professionals got together to coordinate their efforts and talk about the latest version of the high mountains updated draft law.