BEIRUT: The implementation of the country’s Environment Law is being
stalled by the government’s failure to issue executive decrees, said
Justice Minister Shakib Qortbawi Thursday. “The fact that the executive
decrees for the Environment Law [of 2002] have not yet been issued
prevents its implementation,” Qortbawi said.
The minister said, however, that the law had enshrined the legal principles of protecting the environment.
Qortbawi’s remarks came during a conference, “Environmental Legislation and its Implementation,” that was organized by the Environment Committee of the Beirut Bar Association.
Also speaking during the ceremony were Environment Minister Nazim Khoury, Bar Association president Amal Haddad and others.
Khoury sounded the alarm when he said that Lebanon came in 90th in an Environmental Performance Index.
Khoury said that the ministry is mulling over the best means to pass a group of draft laws for the environment that were prepared in years past.
“These include the establishment of a public prosecutor’s office for environmental crimes, a special law to protect natural reserves, the complete management of solid wastes, the protection of the quality of air and organizing the field of stone and sand quarries,” Khoury said.
Draft decrees would also be passed to form an environmental police, establish the National Council for the Environment and the National Fund for the Environment, continued Khoury.
Khoury also said that the ministry was seeking a grant of 8 million euros from the European Union to boost environmental governance.
The minister said, however, that the law had enshrined the legal principles of protecting the environment.
Qortbawi’s remarks came during a conference, “Environmental Legislation and its Implementation,” that was organized by the Environment Committee of the Beirut Bar Association.
Also speaking during the ceremony were Environment Minister Nazim Khoury, Bar Association president Amal Haddad and others.
Khoury sounded the alarm when he said that Lebanon came in 90th in an Environmental Performance Index.
Khoury said that the ministry is mulling over the best means to pass a group of draft laws for the environment that were prepared in years past.
“These include the establishment of a public prosecutor’s office for environmental crimes, a special law to protect natural reserves, the complete management of solid wastes, the protection of the quality of air and organizing the field of stone and sand quarries,” Khoury said.
Draft decrees would also be passed to form an environmental police, establish the National Council for the Environment and the National Fund for the Environment, continued Khoury.
Khoury also said that the ministry was seeking a grant of 8 million euros from the European Union to boost environmental governance.
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