Lebanon

Background Info

The Cedrus libani accessed the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2013 (

http://www.iucnredlist.org/⁠

). Here’s how the world’s oldest forests are directly threatened by the climate crisis:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/07/18/climate/lebanon-climate-change-environment-cedars.html⁠

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The State vows to plant 40 million trees by 2030 in 2014 (here a ridiculous update on the first million last year, before 3 million trees burnt 6 months later

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/103179/nna-leb.gov.lb/en⁠

)

Since September 20, FFF Lebanon consistently marched the streets of Beirut every Friday for the first time, until our strike against the state's ineptitude and corruption that kept half the country in fire until it rained, turned into ongoing national revolution:

https://www.marxist.com/streets-of-fire-revolution-in-lebanon.htm⁠

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Now, since PM Hariri resigned and Diab was installed, the government prioritized the destruction of pristine ecosystems by intensifying newly wasted technologies for crooked resource extraction, a #ShockDoctrine without opposition, since the COVIDー19 pandemic. In February 2020, engineers from ENI, Total and Novatek jumped aboard a ship that would not let them move until they finished making a fool of themselves. (Reading their own reports before excavating 4,000 m deep into Beirut's shores,

lpa.gov.lb⁠

estimated a 75% failure rate.)

As I predicted in a podcast interview back in December to a journalist who often come to our strikes ー here:

https://www.nahostcast.de/fridays-for-future-im-libanon/⁠

ー and many activists knew, sea-side landfills that had simply been extended since getting full in 2015, are now full and closed, again. Despite having paid for the best technology, all citizens endure the health effects (on top of COVID-19) and feel helpless about polluting one of the world's most biodiverse hotspots:

https://www.cbd.int/countries/profile/?country=lb⁠

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According to the UNDP, 70% of Lebanon's water resources are contaminated. Instead of addressing what the people living near quarries demand — from Koura, now organizing

beyondcement.org⁠

— in the 50 million sqm illegally operating still under Ottoman jurisdiction (overstepping environmental protection law 444)! Although the cement industry is not at all primordial, the government is now taking the next 4 months to eat our mountains:

https://twitter.com/publicworks_lb/status/1259083576391467009?s=21⁠

HOW YOU CAN HELP

You can donate to our partners at Beirut RIverLESS Miyawaki afforestation project, here:

https://www.sugiproject.com/sin-el-fil-ll⁠

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Honestly we are still trying to figure out how to carry an FFF fundraiser without Paypal/Stripe/WePay since those platforms are blocked in Lebanon. Any technical help dealing with banks, or to help us carry our campaigns please contact

fridaysforfuturelebanon@gmail.com⁠

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www.twitter.com/Fridays4Leb⁠

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www.instagram.com/fridaysforfuture.lb⁠

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www.facebook.com/fridaysforfuture.leb⁠

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