Establishment of a Natural Reserve (Shouf Cedars)

Type

Law

Number

532

Date of the text

24/07/1996

Official Gazette

published in 1996

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

12

What it provides

This law establishes a natural reserve to protect the Shouf cedar forest, prohibiting the cutting of trees and shrubs, exploitation of the reserve's products and the entry of livestock, and banning acts that disturb its natural balance such as lighting fires, hunting or camping inside it or close to its borders, while

What has changed this text

• Amended by Law No. 119/2010 of 23/07/2010, articles 11

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1996. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.