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Natural areas in Lebanon

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Forests cover 13.6% of Lebanon, and other wooded lands represents 11%. Since 2011, more than 600,000 trees, including cedars and other native species, have been planted throughout Lebanon as part of the Lebanon Reforestation Initiative (LRI). More reforestation efforts are needed. For example, the
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could be expanded to 3,000 hectares. The Friends of the Cedar Forest Committee planted 200,000 cedars, with 180,000 surviving. The Committee goal was to create a corridor connecting the cedar forests o of Bcharre, Ehden, and Tannourine with each other to create an ecosystem in order to make the
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forest containing some of the oldest extant Cedar trees of the country.
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forests more resilient to future environmental pressures.
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Cedar Reserve, a cedar forest in the mountains above
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Index

Protected areas of Lebanon

Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve
Lebanon
Cedrus libani
Al Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve
Aammiq Wetland
Beqaa Valley
Al Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve
Barouk
Benta'ael
Byblos
Horsh Ehden
Ehden
Cedars of God
Lebanese cedar
Jabal Rihane
Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve
Palm Islands Nature Reserve
Tripoli
Qammoua
Cilicica fir
Akkar
Jaj
Byblos District
Tyre Coast Nature Reserve
Ramsar site
Abraham River
Byblos District
Tannourine

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