LEDO

We would like to present in this data base engine the final compilation of Environment and Development Indicators for Lebanon grouped in categories and themes. These Indicators were the result of national consultative meetings that the Lebanese Environment and Development Observatory conducted during the year 2000 and followed by specialized working groups meetings during 2001.

The working groups on different sets of indicators represented different sectors namely public, academic, NGOs and the private sector. The six working groups were divided as follows:

      1. Population and Economy
      2. Environment Management
      3. Air
      4. Water
      5. Biodiversity
      6. Land Use



	Demography Standard of Living Consumption / Production Patterns



	Agriculture Industry Energy Services Transport



	Air Water Land / Soil Biodiversity



	Activities / Actors Policies and Strategies



	Population density Urbanisation rate Urban population growth rate Population density in coastal areas Population growth in coastal areas Population change in rural areas Life expectancy at birth Total fertility rate Ratio of males to females



	Infant mortality rate Under 5 mortality rate Access to safe drinking water Access to water networks Adult illiteracy rate for females and males Economically active females and males Unemployment rate for females and males Difference between male and female school enrolment ratios Distribution of GDP External Dept/ GDP Openness rate of GDP GDP per capita Income distribution (low, intermediate, high) Human poverty index (HPI) Women per 100 men in the labor force per sector



	Total water demand per sector Annual energy consumption per inhabitant Generation of municipal solid waste Generation, imports and exports of hazardous waste Destination of municipal waste Composition of municipal waste



	Use of agriculture pesticides (1) Use of agriculture pesticides (2) Use of fertilisers per hectare of agriculture land Share of irrigated agricultural land Agricultural water demand per irrigated area



	Unlicensed small & medium industries New classified establishments Number and category of industries in non-categorised industrial zones Distribution, area and activity of quarries (1) Distribution, area and activity of quarries (2)



	Share of production of renewable energy resources Annual energy consumption



	Number of tourist hotel nights per hundred inhabitants Number of international tourists per hundred inhabitants Currency balance due to tourism activities Number of visitors to protected areas



	Number of passenger cars per 100 inhabitants Stocks of motor vehicles per age Stocks of motor vehicles per fuel type



	Emissions of greenhouse gases Emissions of Sulfur Oxides Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides Concentration of low level ozone Consumption of Ozone depleting substances Concentration of particulates Global solar UV Index



	Sea water quality Industrial releases into water Water global quality index Ground water quality index Surface water quality index Share of collected & treated wastewater by the public sewerage system Amount of wastewater collected by type (industry / domestic) Amount of wastewater treated by type (industry / domestic) Area irrigated with treated/untreated sewage



	Forest area Coastline land cover Artificialised coastline/total coastline "Arable land" per capita Ratio of agricultural land exploitation Land use change "Arable land" change Wet land area Area affected by desertification Number & area of illegal discharges (open dumps)



	Forest's protection rate Protected coastal area Threatened species Burnt forest area per year



	Number of Sustainable Development plans / agendas adopted and implemented by local authorities Wastewater treatment rate before sea release for coastal agglomerations over 100,000 inhabitants Number of wastewater treatment plants Number of fixed air / water / coastal water monitoring stations Number of associations involved in environment & sustainable development issues Complaints concerning environment issues Rehabilitated quarried land



	Public expenditure on environmental protection as a % of GDP Cost of management of municipal solid waste Total expenditures on protected areas Expenditure on wastewater management by type Projects undergoing EIA Signed and Ratified International Environmental Conventions