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Greenhouse damage assessment during the conflict across Lebanon in 2024

Year of publication 2025

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 1 p.

Author FAO; UNITAR-UNOSAT; CNRS;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Synopsis (short abstract) A geospatial damage assessment was conducted to evaluate the impact of the 2023–2024 conflict on greenhouses in Lebanon. The assessment utilized very high-resolution (VHR) satellite imagery from WorldView-2 (50 cm) and WorldView-3 (30 cm), comparing images from before October 2023 and 2024. This assessment covered four of the most conflict-affected governorates. Using VHR imagery, visual interpretations were conducted in those governorates to assess the damage of the greenhouses. While the map depicts the distribution of damaged greenhouse areas using a hexagonal grid for the two visual interpretations, the graph illustrates the proportion of damaged greenhouses relative to the total intact greenhouse area by governorate. Overall, a 3.4 percent difference of damaged greenhouses was observed between visually interpreted points and delineated greenhouses. Two independent assessments were conducted with less than 3 percent difference.

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