Green Lebanon

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  • Forests are an important part of the Mount Lebanon landscape.
  • Forests provide essential services such as carbon sequestration, shade, beautification, erosion control, and soil fertility
  • Include a variety of other flowering plants, shrubs, and trees.
  • Source of medicinal herbs.
  • A habitat for large carnivores including golden jackal, wolf, jungle cat, and red fox. Badger, porcupine, squirrel, wild boar, hedgehog, toad, snakes, and lizards also live in the forests
  • The forests also provide important habitat for a large variety of birds, including migratory birds.
  • It is a critical habitat for the Lebanese cedar trees which are also a tourist attraction.
  • The forests provide food in the form of pine nuts and honey, as well as wood.