| |
Brief Description :
The Lebanese Environment and
Development Observatory (LEDO) is one of a group of Observatories launched
along the Mediterranean countries by an initiative of the Blue Plan office. The
LEDO like several others is funded by the European Commission Life-Third
Countries programme executed by the Ministry of Environment under the
management supervision of UNDP
The scope of the Lebanese Environment and
Development Observatory (LEDO) activities can vary from simple collection and
publication of existing environmental information to gathering, collection,
analysis, and publication of well-defined environment and environment-related
development data and indicators. Although environment and development data are
gradually becoming more available in Lebanon today, significant information
gaps continue to exist in key environment (e.g., air and water pollution
levels, industrial wastewater discharges) and development areas (e.g., costs of
environmental degradation).
Therefore, in order to maximize its benefits and added value,
the LEDO must act, first, as a catalyst for collection of much-needed data.
This means that the LEDO will need to work with other ministries, agencies, and
academic institutions to agree on a limited number of environment and
development indicators, find out who's collecting what type of information
necessary to estimate those indicators, and agree on who will collect the
missing information to evaluate all selected indicators.
Project Objectives :
|
1. |
provide a better understanding of the situations and trends concerning the
environment in Lebanon and key environment-development linkages, including the
economic costs of environmental degradation; |
| |
2. |
reduce gaps and redundancies in environmental data collection and analysis
efforts by various public and private sector entities; |
| |
3. |
supply government and non-government officials and decision-makers with
objective elements of information to gear their action towards sustainable
development of Lebanon; and |
| |
4. |
strengthen the capabilities of the Ministry of Environment to coordinate
environmental activities by various public and private sector entities and to
formulate realistic environmental policies. |
Time Frame & Project Team :
The above tasks
should be implemented in a period of two years (24 months) effective December
1, 1999 Work Plan. The LEDO Team consists of the
following staff:
Project Manager
Pollution Prevention Specialist
Natural
resources Specialist
IT / GIS Specialist
Administrative Assistant
ledo@moe.gov.lb |
|
