LABAA, Lebanon: Students, volunteers and residents participated Saturday in the planting of 400 pine trees in the south Lebanon village of Labaa.
The activity was jointly organized by the municipality of Labaa and the NGO Forever Lebanon, which is aiming to plant 10,452 trees across Lebanon. The number corresponds to the square-meter area of Lebanon.
Around 50 schoolchildren, parents and volunteers from different groups and clubs participated in the action.
Saturday’s round of planting was the second in the 30,000 square meter natural reserve of Labaa, a village located in the southern district of Jezzine.
Forever Lebanon Founder Antoine Hwayek said his group had already planted 6,000 trees in three different regions.
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