Changing weather patterns in Lebanon, defined by its long Mediterranean coastline and mountain ranges, are also upsetting the ecology of the cedar forests. Warming temperatures have spawned ...

JULY 18, 2018 Barouk Cedar Forest, Lebanon — Walking among the cedars on a mountain slope in Lebanon feels like visiting the territory of primeval beings. Some of the oldest trees have been here ...

High up in Lebanon's mountains, the lifeless grey trunks of dead cedar trees stand stark in the deep green forest, witnesses of the climate change that has ravaged them. Often dubbed "Cedars of ...

Majestic cedar trees towered over dozens ... these tough evergreen trees that survive the mountain’s harsh snowy winters. They point out with pride that Lebanon’s cedars are mentioned 103 ...

But Lebanon’s once mighty cedar forests survive today only as pockets of scraggly trees on mountain sides. Now, there's a project to replant the ancient cedar forests. Lebanon’s government has ...

The high summits of the Mount Lebanon are home to Lebanese cedar, which influenced the economies of ancient civilizations, played a role in Lebanon’s history, and is part of the country’s religious ...

Riot police equipped with water cannon were called to the Mount Lebanon region ... The area is the site of the Al Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve, which has a large Lebanon cedar forest - the tree ...

A central fixture of the Lebanese flag, this member of the cedar ... Greeks held Mount Olympus to be the home of their gods, the Sumerians identified the groves of cedars in Lebanon as the ...