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

The encroachments on the Lebanese coast have reached more than 5 MILLION square meters!
These encroachments led to the destruction of several archeological sites, the deterioration of the beach’s ecological and economic value, and even the loss of a public space for cultural and social practices. They have also restricted the free access to the beach, created visual obstructions, and impacted shoreline continuity.
Only 20% of the 220 km coastline remain unoccupied, which is around 40 km.
To protect what remains,
We hereby sign this petition calling on the Lebanese Parliament to,
Amend Law 64/2017 to prohibit any official body to authorize to an individual or legal entity any occupation of the Maritime Public Domain. The right to occupy the Maritime Public Domain by the Lebanese State shall be restricted to the requirements of national defense and public interest.

The amendment would be through one clause as follows;

“As of its date, it is forbidden for any official body to authorize to an individual or legal entity to occupy the maritime public domain or to occupy the bottom of the territorial waters, its cores, or its surface. The right to occupy the maritime public domain in the Lebanese Republic shall be restricted to the requirements of national defense and the public interest.”

#The_Coast_For_All