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06/09/2003
Lahoud touts quarries policy
as proof of green concerns
Daily Star
President Emile Lahoud said Friday that efforts to protect
the environment would be continued and that the regulation of the quarries
was evidence of the state's keenness to protect the environment.
Lahoud spoke to a seven-member delegation from Green Line responsible for organizing
the environment conference under the theme, the Culture of the Tree in the
Mediterranean Region: Lebanon , Country of the Cedars. The conference, funded
by the European Union, is part of the EuroMed partnership.
Green Line's vice-president Ziad Musa said the conference, which will deal
with Lebanese issues using European expertise, would address forest fires,
air pollution, lack of green space and public transport.
03/09/2003
Green Line celebrates the tree
Jihane Akoury
Daily Star
Green Line, the Lebanese scientific association dedicated
to environmental awareness since 1991, held a celebratory dinner Tuesday
night at the Searock Hotel in Raouche.
Green Liners mingled with delegations from eight Mediterranean countries visiting
Lebanon for the Green Line conference The Tree in the Euro-Mediterranean Space:
Lebanon Land of the Cedars, currently taking place until Sept. 8.
According to Ziad Moussa, vice-president and head of the organizing committee,
two issues will be brought into focus at this conference. The first consists
of finding a solution to the land transport dilemma in Lebanon by reducing
the number of cars and promoting public transport, walking and biking.
The second issue will be promoting sustainable coast management based on Green
Line's belief that the coast is for all the Lebanese and not for only some
of them.
08/04/2003
Children give 2 MPs a hard time on World Health Day. Environmental concerns spark questions
Maha Al-Azar
Daily Star
Elementary and intermediate school students proved to be a tough crowd for
Beirut MP Atef Majdalani and Zghorta MP Nayla Mouawad to deal with on Monday
when they were on the receiving end of previously prepared questions on the
environment and health issues.
The question-and-answer session, organized by local environmental organization
Green Line, the World Health Organization and the Health Ministry, was held
to mark World Health Day, the theme of which this year is environmental health.
March 2003
Beach of dreams
Reem Haddad
New Internationalist
I HAD noticed it but hadn't given it much thought. There
had been talk some time back that Beirut's only public beach was going
to be spruced up for the summer season. The removal of the stone stairs
leading down to the sandy coast probably meant that better steps were
going to be built, I thought. I was pleased.
Then I received a call from the president of Green Line, a Lebanese environmental
organization.
‘You won't believe this,' he said, angrily. ‘They are going to develop Ramlet
al Baida.'