Lebanon’s iconic cedar trees feature in both the Bible and the “Epic of Gilgamesh.” But after centuries of deforestation and civil war, just 1% of the country’s cedars are still hanging on. Now, climate change is slowly killing them off at lower altitudes. As The World’s Durrie Bouscaren reports from Lebanon, efforts are now being made to plant new cedars, with the support of Christian monks who have long revered them.
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