BEIRUT - The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Ministry of Environment launched four environmental studies that will cost $5.6m and will be financed by the Lebanese government over a four-year period, Byblos Bank's Lebanon This Week reported.  One study will develop a strategy to combat pollution in the Litani River and the Qaraoun Lake, while the other studies will cover the development of permits required for quarrying and to address the reorganization of dumping sites. Further, the Italian Development Cooperation Office approved a project to build wastewater treatment plants and pumping stations, and to install sewage pipes in the villages of Hrajel and Mechmech.  The project will be financed by soft... Read more

BEIRUT - The Italian government, through the Italian Development Cooperation Office in Lebanon, extended to the Ministry of Environment a grant of €2.5m to support environmental protection activities in the country, Byblos Bank's Lebanon this... Read more

BEIRUT - The Central Bank of Lebanon and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) signed a memorandum of understanding for technical cooperation on launching a national initiative for energy efficiency and renewable energies (NEEREA), Byblos... Read more

Italian NGO CISP is organizing two workshops to present and discuss the results of the study on the hydrological resources of Qammoua Region, an initiative within the project “Improvement of drinking water supply and management in Fnaideq... Read more

BEIRUT - Rasamny-Younis Motor Company S.A.L. (RYMCO) was handled a Certificate of Acknowledgement from the Lebanese Ministry of Environment recognizing the company “for its valuable efforts for becoming a carbon neutral”. RYMCO is... Read more