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Baakline reserve. The project was started in 2010 and has grown into a green preservation village in 2017. Salman, helped by local peasants Nabil Chaaya, Youssef Mallat and Selim Mouzannar has transformed Bkerzay into a noticeable eco-tourism destination in the Chouf mountains, Lebanon.
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