The Role of Media in Promoting Effective Environmental Governance in Lebanon
This policy paper highlights the vital role the media can play in promoting effective environmental governance by raising public awareness, influencing policy, fostering transparency, and amplifying marginalized voices.
It also sheds light on the significant challenges and gaps hindering effective environmental reporting in Lebanon, such as underreporting, lack of expertise, data limitations, and the absence of investigative journalism.
To bridge these gaps, the paper provides practical recommendations for journalists, media organizations, civil society, policymakers, and public institutions, emphasizing the need for collaboration to enable the media to play its role in informing decision-making, promoting accountability, and engaging the public in Lebanon’s environmental discourse.
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The Role of Media in Promoting Effective Environmental Governance in Lebanon