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Lebanon
DCA Mine Action
Challenges
Lebanon is scarred by decades of armed conflict, which have littered the country with landmines, cluster munitions, and other unexploded ordnance (UXO). The most recent serious contamination occurred during the 2006 Israeli hostilities against Lebanon, where a variety of munitions were used in the various battles of the 34 day long war.
The presence or fear of presence of landmines and unexploded munitions in Lebanon has had a socio-economic impact which goes beyond the obvious danger to people’s lives and livelihoods: the blocking of resources in suspected hazardous areas prevents development of the affected communities. In January 2011, it was estimated that 60 million square meters of contaminated/suspected land remain to be cleared in Lebanon.
Landmines (or suspected) account for an estimated 40 million square metres of the contamination, which is located within 1,590 areas which contain approximately 425,000 mines. The remaining 20 million square metres are cluster bomb contaminated land located within 556 strike areas.
What we do in Lebanon
Lebanon is a small and densely populated country. Every square metre of released land carries with it enormous value in terms of socio-economic development.
Fast facts
Area of Operation:
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South Lebanon and Alay District (central Lebanon)
Programme staff by Programme End Date:
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124 total, 5 international (men) and 119 national staff (26 women)
Tool box:
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Battle Area Clearance Teams
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Manual Demining Teams
DCA has been continually clearing cluster bomb contaminated areas in South Lebanon since 2007 and started manual mine clearance activities in areas affected by the civil war (1975-1990) in September 2010. Site tasking is coordinated with Lebanon’s Mine Action Centre and DCA’s teams operate either from the main DCA base in the southern town of Tyre or a small sub office in the central part of the country.
All of DCA’s Lebanon activities are carried out with a strong commitment to building and expanding on the capacity and skills of our national staff to enable a complete nationalisation of the programme down the line.
DCA prides itself on its excellent track record in Lebanon, which includes no clearance related accidents as well as highly cost-effective activities.
Sqm cleared and released
4,269,814
Items destroyed
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3.548 cluster munitions
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213 UXO
Mine Risk Education Presentations
964