Towards the adoption of a Law on Protected Areas in Libya
On Monday 16 May 2022, a national consultation workshop on the draft law of protected areas in Libya was organised by UNEP/MAP-SPA/RAC and the ministry of Environment of Libya.
The workshop served to present and discuss the draft law, and to come up with relevant recommendations with regards the declaration of new protected areas. The law, once adopted, will allow creating new protected areas through a proposal of establishment that could be submitted by a governmental or non-governmental entity to the National Council for Protected Areas for assessment and approval. Once approved by the national Council of Protected Areas, the proposal is submitted to the Council of Ministers to issue a declaration Decree.
The workshop was held as part of the Child Project 3.1. "Management support and expansion of marine protected areas in the state of Libya" implemented by SPA/RAC, IUCN and WWF, in collaboration with the ministry of Environment of Libya, and with the support of the Med Programme project led by Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP and funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF).