Al-Bawaba (http://albawaba.com/en/countries/Lebanon)
It is a major portal site that links a number of other websites on all the Arab countries. It contains up-to-date information on the political, business, social, cultural and religious aspects of a particular country. Just click on the name of the country for information in English and Arabic.
AUB’s Recycling Program (http://wwwlb.aub.edu.lb/~weburp/index.html)
AUB’s prevention of further environmental damage
Center for Statistics (http://www.cas.gov.lb/)
Official statistics on population, transportation, construction, banks, markets, foreign trade and other important issues - includes a monthly bulletin.
Development Gateway Country Overview (http://www.developmentgateway.org/)
“The Development Gateway helps communities, organizations, and individuals build partnerships, share ideas, and work together to reduce poverty.” Search by development projects as well as by country to identify additional web sites and documents.
Fares.net (http://www.fares.net)
Site includes a directory and a list of sites on a wide range of subjects including tourism, entertainment, culture, the media, news and business in English and Arabic. Search under the name of the country.
Global gazetteer (http://www.fallingrain.com/world/LE/)
An online gazetteer searchable by country and then by place. Results give longitude, latitude, and altitude of each location.
Green Line ( http://greenline.org.lb/new/index.html)
“Green Line's mission is to promote environmental awareness and document environmental threats in order to better confront them, thus introducing change at the community level within the concept of sustainable development.”
International Weather From WeatherHub (http://www.weatherhub.com/global/)
An English language home page providing links to sites offering international weather information by city.
Lebanese Cedar ( http://almashriq.hiof.no/lebanon/300/360/363/363.7/transcript.html#s1)
Report about the historical and environmental importance of cedar to Lebanon
Lebanon - Al-Mashriq (http://almashriq.hiof.no/lebanon/index.html)
Important portal on every aspect of Lebanon’s social, economic and political life.
Lebanon Directory (http://dmoz.org/Regional/Middle%5FEast/Lebanon/)
Mega portal that can be searched by country. Includes information on all aspects of life in that country.
MapQuest (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/)
General site for maps. Search by country and by city.
Maps.com (formerly Magellan Geographix) (http://www.maps.com/)
User may view samples of the wide variety of maps available as well as order maps or atlases, by downloading, or on CD-ROM or in hard copy.
Ministry of Environment (http://www.moe.gov.lb)
The official site of the Ministry of Environment that includes up-to-date data on its projects and achievements in the fields of the protection flora and fauna, recycling of solid waste, and addressing problems of air and water pollution, with links to international environment sites.
Ministry of Public Health (http://www.public-health.gov.lb/)
The official site of the Ministry of Public Health that includes information on the AIDS program, maternal and child surveys, and links to a number of non-governmental sites involved in healthcare and environmental projects.
Princeton
University Library: Near Eastern Studies
Resources (http://www.princeton.edu/~nes/)
Princeton Library’s site dedicated to Near Eastern Studies provides not only invaluable information about Princeton’s programs and collections, but also extensive links to sites (libraries, universities, institutes, think tanks, directories, gateways, newspapers, etc.) around the world concerning all aspects of the discipline.
Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon ( http://www.spnlb.org/)
The Society for Protection of Nature in Lebanon, SPNL, is a non-profit non-governmental organization (NGO) with national and international partnerships that has been serving birds, nature and people for 20 years.
Solar Panels in Lebanon ( http://www.arabenvironment.net/archive/2006/10/102940.html)
Article that describes energy upgrades in Lebanese housing, featured in the Arab Environment Monitor.
UT library online, Perry-Castañeda (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html)
The University of Texas’ Perry Castaneda Library Map collection here offers a variety of historical, geological and political maps of many countries.
United Nations Cartographic Section (http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm)
Available in English or French versions. Offers detailed maps of many countries.
United Nations Environment Programme ( http://www.unep.org/lebanon/Photo_Gallery/index.asp)
Photo gallery includes pictures of the coastline and satellite photos of the oil spill that resulted from Israeli bombardment in July 2006
United
States. Library of Congress Country Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/lbtoc.html)
A series published by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Studies Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army.
United
States. Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division (http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/)
Website of one of the largest map repositories in the world.
University of Texas Middle East Website (http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/mes/)
Excellent website on the government, politics, news and media, education and the social sciences in the Middle East.
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