Increased environmental activity nationwide has been witnessed throughout Lebanon in an attempt to tackle issues of the environment in the country and sustainable development. Motivated by the symbolic national purity representative trees of the nation, nationwide activities have been organized in an effort to install environmental awareness and sustainable green practices in the majority of areas of life.
Of the most famous are reforestation efforts undertaken in the re-growth of indigenous forest cover and soil conservation by anti-erosion practices. Of such indigenous movements, such as the Lebanon Reforestation Initiative, hundreds of thousands of volunteers, even children, participate in indigenous tree cover planting and forest maintenance. Besides sequestering air-borne carbon and preserving diversity, such work also provides the national economy with a badly needed boost.
Apart from reforestation, Lebanon is also witnessing a rising reduction in plastic waste. Green shopping malls that trade in degradable and recyclable products have been created by various municipalities within cities in an attempt to promote sustainable consumption. National-level public sensitization campaigns such as the Lebanon Clean Up campaign unite people to clean public environment and beaches with the vision of raising public awareness on plastic waste and environmental management.
Organic agriculture is becoming more popular in regions where farmers relinquish the utilization of pesticide and chemical fertilizer to a large extent. NGOs and the government promote sustainable agriculture because not only does it preserve soil health, but also lead to healthy harvests. Organic growers achieve rural economic stability and environmental well-being. These, on the other hand, have promoted ecotourism as a thriving enterprise promoting conservation as well as livelihood empowerment to the natives through sustainable tourism within the nation’s diverse ecosystems from mountains to coastlines.
Other green practices like the use of alternative energy, waste recycling, and fair trade are also adopted by Lebanese entrepreneurs, leading to community building and preservation. All these practices together mean the movement towards national sustainable identity.
The extent of environmental initiatives—groomed from forest reforestation and garbage dumping to sustainable agriculture and ecotourism—bear witness to an increasing, collective endeavor to conserve Lebanon’s natural heritage. The initiatives also guarantee the nation’s safeguarding of its environment and Cedars heritage for future generations.
