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The Cedar Forest of ancient Mesopotamian religion appears in several sections of the Epic of Gilgamesh. [21] The Lebanon Cedar is mentioned 103 times in the Bible. [22] [23] [24] In the Hebrew text it is named ארז and in the Greek text (LXX) it is named κέδρου. Example verses include: "Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may ...
Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve in Lebanon. Forests cover 13.6% of Lebanon, and other wooded lands represents 11%. [1] 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). [2] More reforestation efforts are needed.
Inside the Barouk forest. Al Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in the Chouf and Aley districts of Lebanon.It is located on the slopes of Jebel Baruk mountain and has an area of 550 km 2 (210 sq mi), nearly 5.3% of the Lebanese territory, making it the largest natural reserve in Lebanon.
Cedrus libani, commonly known as cedar of Lebanon, Lebanon cedar, or Lebanese cedar (Arabic: أرز لبناني, romanized: ʾarz lubnāniyy), is a species of tree in the genus Cedrus, a part of the pine family, native to the mountains of the Eastern Mediterranean basin.
Growing in the Lebanon Mountain range, these trees have been heavily harvested over the years for their valuable timber and few mature trees still remain Cedars are quite common in the mountainous forests and villages of Lebanon. Many reserves have thousands planted. [4]
The Lebanon Cedar (Cedrus Libani) is described in ancient works on botany as the oldest tree in the world. It was admired by the Israelites, who brought it to their land to build the First and the Second temples in Jerusalem. Historical sources report that the cedar forests were beginning to disappear at the time of Justinian in the 6th century ...
Lebanon is in the Palearctic realm. Its ecoregions are in the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome. Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests (also known as the Eastern Mediterranean conifer-broadleaf forests) Southern Anatolian montane conifer and deciduous forests
The Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-forests, also known as the Eastern Mediterranean conifer-forests, [1] is an ecoregion in the eastern Mediterranean Basin.It covers portions of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, Palestinian territories, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia.