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Beyond Magazine Issue 18 Summer 2015

The Great Green Wall of China

Words Alia Fawaz The Great Green Wall (also known as the Three North Shelterbelt project) is by far the world’s largest tree-planting project. To date 66 billion trees...

list of blue flagged beaches around the world

Bahamas Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada Croatia Cyprus Denmark Dominican Republic England Estonia France French Departments and Territories Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Italy Jordan Latvia Lithuania Malta Mexico Montenegro Morocco Netherlands New Zealand Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Scotland Serbia Sint Maarten Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden TrinidadAndTobago Tunisia Turkey Ukraine United Arab Emirates US Virgin Islands Wales

It’s their fault,and ours

Malek Hakim During a one-week visit to Lebanon in September 2014 to assess Lebanese water security, water experts from the Dutch Risk Reduction (DRR ) team found that although suitable water strategies and...

WASH for all

Alia Fawaz Contrary to other countries in the region, Lebanon is blessed with ample water resources. However, there is a need for better management of the water supply. The UN Refugee...

Making water more transparent: Better governance is the way forward to safeguard resources

Bassam Alkantar According to a newly published report titled The Way Forward to Safeguard Water in Lebanon: National Water Integrity Risk Assessment, “Lebanon’s water resources are under stress from a growing population, rapid urbanisation, economic growth, mismanagement...

Flying the flag for excellence

Louis Parks The winners of the latest Blue Flag awards for the best-kept beaches in the world have recently been announced. This program includes beaches in...