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TunisiaLebanon: Towards a plastic free Mediterranean Sea with the help of the EU
Lebanese civil society and the European Union Delegation to Lebanon launched a new environmental initiative tackling marine litter. The joint initiative is part of the “Bahr Bala Plastic” project, which aims at raising awareness about the dangers related to plastic and reducing its use. The “Bahr Bala Plastic” project is funded by the European Union and co-managed by the Lebanon Eco Movement and Lebanon Environment Forum. The initiative launched in Byblos will allow small non-profit and for-profit organisations to receive financial support for local initiatives aimed at combatting marine litter, its causes and effects, and fighting plastic pollution all along the Lebanese coast.
The event was attended by EU Ambassador Christina Lassen. In her speech, Ambassador Lassen reiterated the European Union’s commitment to protecting the environment. “In the coming months we will be strengthening our existing efforts and investing more than half a million euro for combatting marine litter and fighting plastic pollution, and we hope that many organisations will come up with innovative ideas to fight sea pollution”. “Lebanon has a beautiful nature, but we are worried because we see how the environment is degrading in all fields, and we hope the political will is there to stop that degradation”, she added.
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