1993
HISTORY:
In 1993, Green Line coordinated with 56 local grassroots NGOs from all over Lebanon and introduced the concept of bottom-to-up approach to work for the environment whereby NGOs contribute in the planning and implementation of such a strategy according to local needs. At that point, local need was mainly reforestation.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
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Planting 5 tree nurseries with 5 NGO in different locations of Lebanon
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Planting more then 100,000 trees all over Lebanon
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Introduced the concept of bottom-to-up approach
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Introduced concept that the work for the environment is not restricted to officials and professionals
Took a leading role in the reforestation issue on a national level
Running, for Green Line, 3 nurseries in three different localities in Lebanon , with a total of 8000 seedlings a year. These include olives, cypress, pines, cedars and pistachio
In order to sensitize the people about the need for reforestation, Green Line chose to target the mass population through a series of lectures and interviews (including an interview with CNN)
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