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The Coast for All

The advocacy campaign aims at amending the budget Law 64/2017, by adding a clause that “restricts the right to occupy the Maritime Public Domain of the Lebanese State only to take into account the requirements of national defense and the public interest”. Private individuals and companies must be prevented from occupying the coast and monopolizing its economic value.

Campaign Objectives

  • Develop a comprehensive zoning plan of the beach, as well as local guidelines based on this plan for the Lebanese land arrangement, which respects and implements the Integrated Coastal Zone Management Protocol
  • Remove all violations at the entire coast
  • Update the delineation of the Maritime Public Domain
  • Update the decision 144/s on 1925, especially the issue of the formation of the marine public domain commission

Sign the petition: https://nahnoo.org/petition/

We advocate for the promotion of public spaces, accessible to all, which provide a place for those sharing Lebanon’s cities to come together regardless of their personal and social backgrounds. We believe that providing equal access to neutral public spaces fosters unity and encourages positive dialogue between different communities within Lebanese society.

Campaign Highlights

2021
NAHNOO proposed a law amendment strengthening coastal protection against future violations

Nov 2021
Launching of the "The Coast for all" Campaign

June 2022
Launching of all violation maps for the Lebanese coastal line

2022
Introducing the proposed law to the Parliament members to be adopted

2023
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RELATED PUBLICATIONS

STUDIES

Map of coastal violations in Beirut

Map of violations along the coast of Beirut.

20/08/2022

Coast for all

Lebanon has a unique identity closely linked to the sea, as it is located on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea along a 220-kilometer coastal stretch. This identity has been reflected in various cultural, social and economic practices that shaped civilizations and coastal cities throughout the centuries.

19/10/2021

Beirut Seashore Through People’s Eyes

A report offering a comprehensive analysis that addresses the socio-cultural, physical, management, and economic
aspects of the seashore from this particular perspective.

20/09/2021

MAPS

Violations at the Lebanese Coast from North to South – PDF

These maps presents the research done by NAHNOO on the violations along the Lebanese coast.

03/06/2022

Map of coastal violations in Beirut

Map of violations along the coast of Beirut.

20/08/2022

Violations at the Lebanese Coast from North to South – Interactive Map

This interactive map presents the research done by NAHNOO on the violations along the Lebanese coast.

07/06/2022

POLICY BRIEFS

RELATED MEDIA

Decentralization and Municipalities: Bridging the Gap between Rhetoric and Action

The term “decentralization” pervades Lebanese politics, echoing through speeches, slogans, and the work programs of various parties. Despite its omnipresence, its true and immediate significance, particularly in the context of municipal work, is often overlooked.   The past decade has ushered in tumultuous times for Lebanon, thrusting municipalities into the forefront with a weighty burden. […]

01/10/2023

Horsh Beirut Competition Results

Nahnoo invites you, students and professionals (architects, landscape and urban designers, planners and other related environmental and urban design disciplines) to submit proposals for research, design and planning projects to unlock the potential of Horsh Beirut as a shared inclusive public space that will generate a sustainable and pedestrian friendly neighborhood.

02/01/2022

Nahnoo primée par la Fondation Ghazal et la Fondation de France

L’ONG Nahnoo, qui milite depuis 2009 pour la préservation des espaces publics et culturels au Liban, vient de remporter le prix annuel de la Fondation Ghazal pour l’éducation, la recherche et la paix au Liban.

18/12/2021

Endangered nature reserves, pollution and private violations: Lebanon’s highly neglected seaside

Nahnoo is part of The Coast for All, a coalition which launched a campaign last month aiming to preserve and restore the public coast of Lebanon. The campaign has launched a petition to request an amendment to Law 64/2017 to “restrict the right to occupy marine public property to the Lebanese state only,” and to limit encroachments on public properties.

09/12/2021

Sea rights at naught

Sally Abou AlJoud https://nowlebanon.com/sea-rights-at-naught/ When Fifi Kallab, an environmental science professor, returned to Lebanon in 1980, six  Mediterranean monk seals thrived in Amchit’s waters. In 1982, two of them were hunted down. Being one of the world’s most at-risk marine mammals, with fewer than 700 left worldwide, the species is on the International Union for Conservation of […]

25/11/2021

Horsh Beirut Competition

Nahnoo invited students and professionals to submit proposals for research, design and planning projects to unlock the potential of Horsh Beirut as a shared inclusive public space.

06/11/2016

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