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Replanting efforts around the Cedars of God Forest above Bcharre, northeast of Beirut, April 16, 2018. After centuries of human depredation, the cedar...

Political signs in Hadath El Jebbeh on the road to Bcharre, northeast of Beirut, April 16, 2018. After centuries of human depredation, the cedars of L...

Rows of replanted cedar trees on a mountain above the Cedars of God reserve in Arz, north of Beirut, April 16, 2018. After centuries of human depredat...

Cedar seedlings at a nursery run by the Committee of the Friends for the Cedars in the Cedars of God reserve in Arz, north of Beirut, April 16, 2018....

Young cedar trees in a nursery in Arz, north of Beirut, April 16, 2018. After centuries of human depredation, the cedars of Lebanon face perhaps their...

Cedars in a largely treeless environment near Jaj, north of Beirut, April 15, 2018. After centuries of human depredation, the cedars of Lebanon face p...

Hikers by the cedar trees near Jaj, north of Beirut, April 15, 2018. After centuries of human depredation, the cedars of Lebanon face perhaps their mo...

Jerji Massaad Haddad in his yard, which has two cedars his father planted 85 to 90 years ago, in Maaser el Chouf, southeast of Beirut, April 15, 2018....

Cedar trees pictured on coins at the Bank of Lebanon currency museum in Beirut, April 14, 2018. After centuries of human depredation, the cedars of Le...

A cedar tree on a sign containing iconography of the Lebanese flags in a neighborhood in Beirut, April 14, 2018. After centuries of human depredation,...

Political posters bearing the cedar tree in Beirut, April 14, 2018. After centuries of human depredation, the cedars of Lebanon face perhaps their mos...

The Lebanese flag flies above the Qobayat neighborhood in Beirut, April 14, 2018. After centuries of human depredation, the cedars of Lebanon face per...

A cedar tree on a sign containing iconography of the Lebanese flags in a neighborhood in Beirut, April 14, 2018. After centuries of human depredation,...

A political poster bearing the cedar tree in Beirut, April 14, 2018. After centuries of human depredation, the cedars of Lebanon face perhaps their mo...

Cedar trees on life-size representations of the country's money outside the Bank of Lebanon currency museum in Beirut, April 14, 2018. After centuries...

The walled-in Cedars of God reserve in Arz, north of Beirut, April 13, 2018. After centuries of human depredation, the cedars of Lebanon face perhaps...

Cedar trees planted above the Cedars of God reserve in Arz, north of Beirut, April 13, 2018. After centuries of human depredation, the cedars of Leba...

Visitors at shops along the main road outside the Cedars of God reserve in Arz, north of Beirut, April 13, 2018. After centuries of human depredation...

Artist Liliane Keirouz burns her designs into pieces of cedar trees that have been legally harvested from the Cedars of God forest in Are, north of Be...

Cedar seedlings at a nursery run by the Committee of the Friends for the Cedars, which oversees the Cedars of God reserve in Arz, north of Beirut, Apr...

Shops and restaurants along the main road outside the Cedars of God reserve in Arz, north of Beirut, April 13, 2018. After centuries of human depreda...

Cedar seedlings at a nursery run by the Committee of the Friends for the Cedars, which oversees the Cedars of God reserve in Arz, north of Beirut, Apr...

Artist Liliane Keirouz burns her designs into pieces of cedar trees that have been legally harvested from the Cedars of God forest in Are, north of Be...

A view of cedar trees growing on a mountain, from the lookout at the Tannourine Cedars Forest, north of Beirut, April 12, 2018. After centuries of hum...

A cedar tree is protected while it grows in the Cedars of God reserve in Arz, north of Beirut, April 12, 2018. After centuries of human depredation, t...

Cedar trees in front of a newly constructed wall along the Bcharre-Tannourine Road, north of Beirut, April 12, 2018. After centuries of human depredat...

Part of the root structure of a cedar tree at the Tannourine Cedars Forest, north of Beirut, April 12, 2018. After centuries of human depredation, the...

A cedar tree that has died from Cephalcia tannourinensis, an insect that feeds on the tree's needles, in the Tannourine Cedars Forest Nature Reserve,...

A cedar tree that has died, right, from Cephalcia tannourinensis, an insect that feeds on the tree's needles, in the Tannourine Cedars Forest Nature R...

A Tannourine forest cedar that died from an insect infestation in the Tannourine Cedars Forest Nature Reserve, north of Beirut, April 12, 2018. After...

A boy walks in front of the walled-in Cedars of God reserve in Arz, north of Beirut, April 12, 2018. After centuries of human depredation, the cedars...

Rows of replanted cedar trees on a mountain above the Cedars of God reserve in Arz, north of Beirut, April 12, 2018. After centuries of human depredat...

Cedar trees in the Barouk Cedar Forest, part of the Shouf Biosphere Reserve, south of Beirut, April 11, 2018. After centuries of human depredation, th...

A sponsored replanting of a cedar tree in the Barouk Cedar Forest, part of the Shouf Biosphere Reserve, south of Beirut, April 11, 2018. After centuri...

Visitors walk through the fog and cedar trees in the Maasser Cedar Forest, south of Beirut, April 11, 2018. After centuries of human depredation, the...

Cedar trees in the Barouk Cedar Forest, part of the Shouf Biosphere Reserve, south of Beirut, April 11, 2018. After centuries of human depredation, th...

Cones atop cedar tree branches in the Maasser Cedar Forest, south of Beirut, April 11, 2018. After centuries of human depredation, the cedars of Leban...

Cedar trees in the Barouk Cedar Forest, part of the Shouf Biosphere Reserve, south of Beirut, April 11, 2018. After centuries of human depredation, th...

Cedar trees in the fog in the Barouk Cedar Forest, part of the Shouf Biosphere Reserve, south of Beirut, April 11, 2018. After centuries of human depr...

Cedar seedlings in the Barouk Cedar Forest, part of the Shouf Biosphere Reserve, south of Beirut, April 11, 2018. After centuries of human depredation...

Cedar trees in the fog in the Barouk Cedar Forest, part of the Shouf Biosphere Reserve, south of Beirut, April 11, 2018. After centuries of human depr...

A cedar tree in the Maasser Cedar Forest, south of Beirut, April 11, 2018. After centuries of human depredation, the cedars of Lebanon face perhaps th...

Planted cedar trees in the Barouk Cedar Forest, part of the Shouf Biosphere Reserve, south of Beirut, April 11, 2018. After centuries of human depreda...

Cedar trees in the Barouk Cedar Forest, part of the Shouf Biosphere Reserve, south of Beirut, April 11, 2018. After centuries of human depredation, th...