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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq A-Awsat

Lebanon: Villagers Try to Stem Illegal Logging Scourge

This picture taken on January 11, 2023 shows a view of the trunk of a felled juniper tree in a mountainous area near the village of Barqa in Lebanon's eastern Baalbeck district. (Photo by Ibrahim AMRO / AFP)

Braving the bitter cold, Lebanese villagers have been patrolling a mountainside in the country's north, trying to protect trees from loggers who roll in under the cover of darkness. 

Near his village of Ainata, "nearly 150 centuries-old oak trees have been felled" in the past year, said Ghandi Rahme, pointing at the tree stumps in the rocky ground around him.

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