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Project Name:
COASTAL AREA MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME

 

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Budget

500,000 $


Funders

UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME/ MEDITERRANEAN ACTION PLAN / MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT


Start Date

SEPTEMBER 1st 2001


Duration

TWO YEARS


Extensions


Project Resource


Project Manager

SAWSAN MEHDI


Project Focal Point (Department)


Aim

- To contribute to sustainable development and integrated coastal area management of the national coastal area;

- To strengthen environmental management institutions in Lebanon
that are concerned with coastal resource management;

- To contribute to the protection of the coastal resources of the area located to the south of Beirut (the Capital) by developing and applying concepts of sustainable development, as well as methods and tools of Integrated Coastal and Marine Areas Management (ICAM) to the economic and social development activities of the area.


Objectives

- To identify and elaborate strategies, tools and actions contributing to sustainable development, environmental protection and rational utilization of coastal and marine resources of Lebanon, focusing on the southern stretch of the coast;

- To apply methodologies and practices of sustainable development and of Integrated Coastal Area Management (ICAM);

- To contribute to the upgrading of national and local capacities for integrated coastal management and the protection of the environment;

- To generate project results and experience used in defining and implementing post-project activities;

- To develop planning, management and implementation approaches at project area, regional and national levels, applicable to other areas.


 
 
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