The Lebanese University’s Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences saw the launch at its headquarters in Dekwaneh of forest-fire-management courses in partnership with the Association for Forests, Development and Conservation (AFDC) and in collaboration with Tragsa and the University of Cordoba-Spain. The project comes within the framework of a Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID)-funded project entitled “Supporting a sustainable institutional mechanism for-forest fire control in Lebanon,” implemented by AFDC in partnership with Tragsa and the directorate of Civil Defense at the Interior Ministry. Thousands of hectares of Lebanon’s forests are consumed by fire every year, resulting in massive economic losses due to material and environmental damage as well as loss of lives and livelihoods.

By Staff