Syria: How Young Syrians Are Helping to Regrow Forests Ravaged by war

May 9, 2023 | Safaa Sallal, The National
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A youth-led campaign to replant trees is reviving Syria’s ravaged forests and orchards, breathing new life into the environment of a country devastated by climate change and deforestation linked to its 12-year civil war. A report in March by the Dutch NGO Pax, based on satellite analysis, concluded that one-third of Syria’s tree cover has been lost since fighting began in 2011.