The MoE plays a pivotal role in promoting environmental sustainability and ensuring the protection of Lebanon’s natural resources.
In recent years, the MoE has been involved in addressing significant environmental issues, such as the Mseilha dam project.
Environmental activists and experts opposed the project from the start, citing the unsuitability of Lebanon’s karstic, permeable terrain for dam construction.
This case underscores long-standing issues of corruption and mismanagement in Lebanon’s water management sector.
[2] More specifically, it deals with the protection of the environment in general, setting regulations and standards, and provides advice on the productive use of implementing projects and programme in a sustainable manner.