Concerning the Protection of Natural Landscapes and Sites in Lebanon

Type

Law

Date of the text

08/07/1939

Official Gazette

published in 1939

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

25

What it provides

This law creates a national inventory of landscapes and natural sites in Lebanon whose preservation is in the public interest for artistic, planning or tourism reasons. It requires owners, whoever they are, to refrain from altering listed sites or cutting their trees without a license from the Minister of National Econ

What has changed this text

• Amended by Decree-Law No. 22/1943 of 14/04/1943, articles 15
• Amended by Law No. 130/2019 of 30/04/2019

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1939. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.