Protection of Forests

Type

Law

Number

558

Date of the text

24/07/1996

Official Gazette

published in 1996

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

28

What it provides

This law regulates the protection of forests, especially cedar, fir and pine woodlands, and creates a forest protection service within the Ministry of Agriculture's rural development and natural resources directorate, setting its duties in maintenance, reforestation, management of use, grazing and hunting.

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.