By Mireille Rebeiz and Josiane Yazbeck
More than a year after a ceasefire nominally ended active fighting, much of southern Lebanon bears the ecological scars of war. Avocado orchards are gone and beehives destroyed . So, too, are the livelihoods they supported. Meanwhile, fields and forests have disappeared under the intense fire caused by white phosphorus shelling . Shrapnel and unexploded bombs , however, remain.
Such grim realities are a
