Illegal logging, intensified by the impact of a 12-year war, climate change, and economic challenges have ravaged Syria's once-lush forests.
The country has witnessed a "26 percent decrease in tree cover since 2000", according to data from Global Forest Watch. / Photo: AA Archives
Twelve years of conflict that led to a spike in illegal logging, along with the effects of climate change and other factors, have eroded Syria's greenery. Before,"the forest would attract tourists, birds, purify the air and protect the area from dust storms", he said. It has also devastated the environment, triggering an"alarming" loss of forest cover across the country, Dutch peacebuilding group PAX warned in a report earlier this year.
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