Lebanon’s ancient cedar trees are facing an emergency: “Climate change is a fact here. We are in a race. There is no time to lose.”https://nyti.ms/2L9gs1v
-
-
The country’s most famous cedar patch, the Cedars of God, has been fenced off for preservation since 1876.pic.twitter.com/ZSeW3er8qx
Show this thread -
Conservationists are trying to diversify cedars’ locations and expand their populations.pic.twitter.com/8IkWRgHYcY
Show this thread -
“We are in a race,” said Nizar Hani, the director of a reserve south of Beirut. “There is no time to lose.”pic.twitter.com/1KGq19TdUp
Show this thread -
Climate change could wipe out most of Lebanon’s cedars by the end of the century. Our journalists went to the country’s mountaintop forests to see what they look like today.http://nyti.ms/2L9gs1v
Show this thread
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
And this new ayatollah is the president of Lebanon, go complain to him about your tree ..pic.twitter.com/f4DFrLLuVk
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
Keep up or get let behind - Mother Earth is a cruel mistress
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Could?
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

