We received from a group of people that while they were practicing walking in nature, in the church area and the upper part of the Baabda district, they were shocked to see a scene to say the least that it was an environmental massacre represented by cutting down hundreds of perennial trees from their roots in the sanctuary of the Beirut River Valley, which is classified as a protected natural site as an important area for diversity biological.
 

We immediately contacted those concerned, especially the head of the church’s municipality, lawyer Tony Rizkallah, who proceeded immediately, after the municipal police had inspected the site, to organize an inspection report and open an immediate report with the judicial police, and contacted the forestry office in Hammana for inspection and necessary action.

We demand the prosecution of the perpetrators and their accomplices and the imposition of the most severe penalties on them to curb these crimes and protect what remains of Lebanon's forest wealth.
#SaveEnvironmentally Sensitive Areas
#Don't _ cut _ ourselves