In cooperation with the Netherlands Organization for International Development (NOVIB), and the Fares Foundation , and as part of the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies' policy-oriented research in the area of the environment, the LCPS organized and held a one-day conference at the Riviera Hotel, on February 26, 1996 on Lebanese environmental problems and policy options. The conference was attended by over 60 experts, activists and government officials. The role of the government, local and international non-governmental organizations, and environmental legislation in dealing with environmental problems were the main topics discussed during the conference.

The key speaker was the member of the parliamentary subcommittee on agriculture, tourism, and environmental affairs, and former Environment Minister, Hagop Jokhadarian. Presentations were also made by Sana Sayrawan, of the Department of Natural Preservation in the Ministry of Environment; Abdallah Zakhia, of the Environmental Committee of the Lebanese Association for Human Rights; Lamia Mansour of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP); and Rif'at Saba of the Lebanese Association for Environmental Protection.

The conference highlighted the existing and increasing problems of the environment and raised public awareness in this regard, and the need for the reform of environmental policies as well as environmental management and monitoring.

LCPS published in 1997, a book entitled: "Towards an Environmental Policy in Lebanon"