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Consulting and tweeting on the environment and development in Lebanon and the Middle East.

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Anfeh coast under threat ecocentra.wordpress.com/2018…
Anfeh coast under threat

Anfeh coast under threat

Since the end of the Lebanese civil war, the historical and famous salterns (salt marshes) of Anfeh and its marine coast have faced many threats of destruction. As the sea pollution has become seve…

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The #waste crisis keeps getting messier ecocentra.wordpress.com/2018… #Lebanon
The waste crisis keeps getting messier

The waste crisis keeps getting messier

As of the waste crises Lebanon has endured in the last few years wasn’t enough, another looming problem reared its head and shocked Lebanese residents last week on the shores of Keserouan, north of…

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What’s happening at Tripoli’s dumpsite? ecocentra.wordpress.com/2017… #waste #Lebanon
What’s happening at Tripoli’s dumpsite?

What’s happening at Tripoli’s dumpsite?

Lebanon’s garbage crisis doesn’t only extend to Beirut and Saida. Tripoli has been reeling from its own “garbage mountain”, whose elevation has surpassed the maximum agreed limit of 25 meters now r…

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Expanding #Lebanon’s “temporary” #landfills: an inevitability of incompetence ecocentra.wordpress.com/2017… #Waste
Expanding Lebanon’s “temporary” landfills: an inevitability of incompetence

Expanding Lebanon’s “temporary” landfills: an inevitability of incompetence

Yesterday, the Lebanese Cabinet of Ministers asked the Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) to conduct a study on the expansion of the two landfills in Costa Brava and Bourj Hamooud in …

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Fire at the #Sidon waste management facility ecocentra.wordpress.com/2017… #Lebanon #Waste

Fire at the Sidon waste management facility

Last Friday, a mountain of unsorted waste in the sorting facility in the southern city of Sidon caught fire. This is the second fire this facility has experienced in the last two months. While fire…

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Is another #waste crisis looming? ecocentra.wordpress.com/2017… #Lebanon

Is another waste crisis looming?

The two new landfills serving Beirut and Mount Lebanon are still operational despite the various legal challenges they have faced and the risk they posed to the surrounding environment. A few weeks…

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Saida’s disappointing #waste management experience ecocentra.wordpress.com/2017… #Lebanon

Saida’s disappointing waste management experience

Last month, a sea turtle was found dead floating in reddish water in the midst of plastic bags and other garbage off the coast of the southern town of Sidon. The source of the solid waste pollution…

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Eden Rock Resort: Never-ending transgressions ecocentra.wordpress.com/2017… #Lebanon #Coast #EIA
Eden Rock Resort: Never-ending transgressions

Eden Rock Resort: Never-ending transgressions

  Last April, the Shura council reversed their decision that repealed the construction permit of the Eden Rock Resort at Beirut’s Ramlet al Baida beach. Despite the clear violations of a numbe…

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The Bourj Hammoud debacle ecocentra.wordpress.com/2017… #Lebanon #Waste
The Bourj Hammoud debacle

The Bourj Hammoud debacle

Last month, news emerged of waste being disposed into the sea near the Bourj Hammoud landfill. The Minister of Environment stated that the Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) was respo…

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Are the new landfills already polluting #Beirut’s #sea? ecocentra.wordpress.com/2017… #Waste #Pollution

Are the new landfills already polluting Beirut’s sea?

Last week, the American University of Beirut warned their faculty and staff not to swim in the AUB beach through an email stating that the “level of bacteria exceeded the acceptable limits for bath…

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The dire state of the #quarry sector in #Lebanon ecocentra.wordpress.com/2017…

The dire state of the quarry sector in Lebanon

The quarry issue was brought back to the spotlight last month after the Internal Security Forces recommended the closure of the quarries in Kfar Matta until the Ministry of Environment proposes rec…

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Is Beirut ready to burn its waste? ecocentra.wordpress.com/2017… #Lebanon #Waste

Is Beirut ready to burn its waste?

As we approach the second year after the closing of the Naameh Landfill, little progress has been made towards developing and implementing a comprehensive solid waste management plan for Beirut and…

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The case of the Eden Rock Resort and #EIA framework in Lebanon (UPDATE) ecocentra.wordpress.com/2017… #Lebanon #PublicSpace

The case of the Eden Rock Resort and EIA framework in Lebanon (UPDATE)

Update: The Shura council reversed two of its previous decisions to halt the construction permit of the Eden Resort at Beirut’s Ramle El Baida beach. The Shura Council’s first decision was based on…

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The complicated business of depolluting El Gahdir River ecocentra.wordpress.com/2017… #Lebanon #Pollution #Water #Wastewater
The complicated business of depolluting Al Ghadir River

The complicated business of depolluting Al Ghadir River

Last week, the Minister of Environment blamed building violations for the “unacceptable” condition of of El Ghadir River, claiming that one of the sources of pollution is sand washers and called fo…

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The case of the Eden Rock Resort and #EIA framework in #Lebanon ecocentra.wordpress.com/2017… #PublicSpace

The case of the Eden Rock Resort and EIA framework in Lebanon (UPDATE)

Update: The Shura council reversed two of its previous decisions to halt the construction permit of the Eden Resort at Beirut’s Ramle El Baida beach. The Shura Council’s first decision was based on…

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Another legal environmental win for #Lebanon ecocentra.wordpress.com/2017… #EIA

Another legal environmental win for Lebanon

Yesterday, the Shura Council ordered a temporary one month stop to the construction of a resort on the Rablet El Baida Beach in Beirut. This case was brought to the Council by Green Line Associatio…

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Environmental justice makes a rare appearance in #Lebanon ecocentra.wordpress.com/2017… #waste

Environmental justice makes a rare appearance in Lebanon

On January 31st 2017, a Lebanese court ordered the permanent closure of the Costa Brava landfill in four months. The issue was brought to a court by a group of plaintiffs that consisted of lawyers …

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Update: What is happening in Costa Brava? ecocentra.wordpress.com/2017… #Lebanon #Waste

Update: What is happening in Costa Brava?

Over the past few days, photos of hunters on the coast and dead seagulls have emerged on social media. Acting under the instructions of the Middle East Airlines chairman, these hunters were dispatc…

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What is happening in Costa Brava? ecocentra.wordpress.com/2017… #Lebanon #Waste

Update: What is happening in Costa Brava?

Over the past few days, photos of hunters on the coast and dead seagulls have emerged on social media. Acting under the instructions of the Middle East Airlines chairman, these hunters were dispatc…

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More alarming data on #health implications of #Lebanon’s #waste crisis ecocentra.wordpress.com/2016…

More alarming data on health implications of Lebanon’s waste crisis

The waste crisis that started in July 2015 has still not been fully resolved. In March 2016, eight months after the crisis, the government announced a new solid waste management plan for Beirut and…

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