Syria forest destruction| Karam Shaar Advisory LTD
Syria forest destruction| Karam Shaar Advisory LTD
Syria forest destruction| Karam Shaar Advisory LTD
Syria forest destruction| Karam Shaar Advisory LTD
Syria forest destruction| Karam Shaar Advisory LTD
Syria forest destruction| Karam Shaar Advisory LTD
Syria forest destruction| Karam Shaar Advisory LTD
Syria forest destruction| Karam Shaar Advisory LTD
Another heartbreaking report from PAX for Peace, this time on Syria’s vanishing forests.
“In Latakia alone, there was a 31 percent loss in tree cover in the period 2001-2021. In Hama, the loss was 34 percent.”
Deforestation in IDP and Kurdish areas in northwest Syria, especially over the past 5 years, is happening at a spectacular pace.
The report identifies five key reasons: the need for firewood, charcoal production, forest fires, lack of governance, and military operations. You can read the full study here.