Caretaker Minister of Environment, Nasser Yassin, launched today the first geological trail in Lebanon in the “Jaj Cedar Nature Reserve” in Jbeil, as part of the joint ‘Land Degradation Reduction’ project between the Ministry of Environment and the United Nations Development Programme.
‘The new trail, which will highlight the distinctive natural and geological wealth in the Jaj Cedar Reserve, is the result of cooperation with the Lebanese Mountain Trail Association, the Reserve Management Committee, and other partners, and with scientific support from the Department of Earth Sciences at the American University of Beirut,” explained Yassin.
He added: ‘Today is a step in deepening our work in organizing and managing natural reserves in Lebanon, and the beginning of the path to achieving a geological park that will be the first in Lebanon.’
Source:National News Agency – Lebanon