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Issue Problems Status Trend
3. Land appropriation
- Privatization of the sea coast for - 8000 m
individual gain
- Land appropriation still occurs in
some areas (3 major areas)
- A coastal landfill in Beirut will be
transformed into a public garden
through land appropriation
2 are expected to be
appropriated in Tripoli to
construct a zoo (EIA study
was not approved by the
MOE)
4. Lack of communication
III. Tourism 1. Development of and
encroachment on public land
- Consultation with specialists in
marine sciences and conservation by
government institutions is modest at
best
- Coordination between different
government institutions is weak
- Private resorts used by both the local
population and tourists
- Many illegal private resorts are
located on the shore line
- Several resorts with direct access to
the coast have permits to develop
their sites
- Many resorts have claimed land
from the sea to construct extensions
to their structures
- Most resorts possess their own
private ports
- Five public beaches are still
available
- Many shore front cafes and
restaurants have been developed
- Existing ports are being enlarged to
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Prepared By M. Nader & S. Talhouk June, 2002
- Growing communication
between government bodies
and specialists, but still
unsatisfactory
- Coordination between
governmental bodies is
-
increasing, albeit slowly
Increasing
- Government plans to
regulate the sector
- Building of resorts is always
envisaged by the business
community
- Decreased but the damage
has occurred
- Decreased but still practiced
- Difficult to assess
- Increasing, specially in
previously undisturbed
areas