Since the late 1990s, infant cedar sawflies have been eating away at the forest in Tannourine, as well as in several other natural reserves in northern Lebanon. “In 2017, 170 trees dried up ...

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 for more than ...

The fires came within just 7.5 miles of Lebanon's densest cedar forest in the Tannourine Nature Reserve. "This was the worst fire season on record," Mitri says. "It's a national disaster." ...

In Arz al-Rab, a local body has planted more than 100,000 trees in a number of parcels around the Cedars of God forest, Lebanon’s most iconic cedar stretch, since it was added to Unesco World ...

Barouk Cedar Forest, Lebanon — Walking among the cedars on a mountain slope in Lebanon feels like visiting the territory of primeval beings. ... their goats and wood stoves consumed more cedars.

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.

Khaled Taleb steps out of his vehicle high on a mountainside in northern Lebanon, and surveys the charred remains of the cedar forest he fought to save. A black carpet of the trees' burned needles ...

A symbol of Lebanon's resilience through its long, turbulent history, the country's towering cedars now face increasing threats from wildfire and parasites, both fueled by global warming.