cedar

limestone (Lebanon or rarely Pierce), on where only red cedars and

cedars." Thus he used "glades" as a general term and

We had set out early in the morning and had travelled some scary bends and turns beside deep gorges the likes of which a number of us had only seen in movies on our way to the quiet, beautiful village nestled over 6,000 feet above sea level and also named Cedars where we spent the next three days.

We headed promptly for the Cedars of God grove, one of the five UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Lebanon, after we had refreshed, with Professor Rahme, one of the course facilitators, giving us a detailed history of the reserve where pop star, Shakira, had a big concert earlier this year during the Cedars International Festival.

As temperatures rise, the cedars' ecological comfort zone is moving up the mountains to higher altitudes, chasing the cold winters they need to reproduce.

Lebanon's densest cedar forest, the Tannourine Cedars Forest Nature Reserve, has lost more than 7 per cent of its trees to insect infestations unknown before 1997.

The Forest of the Cedars of God also stands out as a unique attraction that an estimated 20 percent of all visitors to Lebanon travel to see, according to the report.

Changing temperatures also harm the cedars in indirect ways.