{"id":222726,"date":"2023-05-29T10:12:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T02:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=222726"},"modified":"2023-05-29T10:18:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T02:18:33","slug":"lebanon-launched-national-campaign-for-forest-fire-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=222726","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon Launched National Campaign For Forest Fire Prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BEIRUT, May 29 (NNN-NNA) &#8211; Lebanon has launched a national campaign to prevent forest fires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The peak fire season in Lebanon begins in late Jun, and lasts around 17 weeks. With Lebanon&#8217;s dry season on the way and global data indicating March as the planet&#8217;s second-warmest on record, Lebanon&#8217;s forests are at increased fire risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country&#8217;s environment ministry said, it would continue to protect the country&#8217;s forests and prevent raging fires, according to Nasser Yassin, Lebanese caretaker environment minister, who addressed a launch event, held in the Tannourine Cedar Forest Nature Reserve, in northern Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country also launched its National Fire Prevention Week, starting Jun 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yassin said that, the ministry is embracing local communities and supporting local initiatives, to prevent fires, to protect the country&#8217;s natural reserves and protected areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In cooperation with international organisations, donor agencies and the private sector, local teams will be established to combat fires, Yassin added.&#8211; NNN-NNA &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIRUT, May 29 (NNN-NNA) &#8211; Lebanon has launched a national campaign to prevent forest fires. The peak fire season in Lebanon begins in late Jun, and lasts around 17 weeks. With Lebanon&#8217;s dry season on the way and global data indicating March as the planet&#8217;s second-warmest on record, Lebanon&#8217;s forests are at increased fire risk. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":222730,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[322,286,217],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222726"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=222726"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222731,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222726\/revisions\/222731"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/222730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=222726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=222726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=222726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}