World's biggest geoengineering experiment 'violates' UN rules

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6. Does the phrase “Cedars of Lebanon” ring a bell?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedrus_libani#History.2C_symbolism_and_uses
http://www1.american.edu/ted/cedars.htm

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The cedar trees of Lebanon were much heralded in the times of antiquity for their beauty, fragrance, commercial value, and utility in building. Research derived from historical abstracts reveals the relationship between ancient Lebanese cedar trade for commercial and economic profit, and the denudation of the once beautifully forested lands of the Levant. This case study, therefore, has certain relevance as an ancient trade issue with apparent environmental consequences, as demonstrated by a minimally forested Lebanon today; the significance of this research is hence justified. To know the appearance of Mount Lebanon in ancient times, as well as how its vegetation changed to a great degree, &quot I)s to come to grips with processes that offer unrivaled evidence of man's ability to transform nature." (Mikesell, p.1)

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Writers such as Theophrastus, Homer, Pliny, and Plato, along with the Old Testament provide the modern world with documented descriptions of the once richly forested mountains of Lebanon. The wood's importance in social development and improving the economic well-being of ancient civilizations is also alluded to in the historical record.

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