Tyre Coast Nature Reserve

{{Short description|Nature reserve in Lebanon}}

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{{Designation list

| designation1 = Ramsar

| designation1_offname = Tyre Beach

| designation1_date = 16 April 1999

| designation1_number = 980{{Cite web|title=Tyre Beach|website=Ramsar Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/980|access-date=25 April 2018}}}}

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The Tyre Coast Nature Reserve to the southeast of Tyre, Lebanon covers over {{convert|380|ha|acre}} and is divided into three zones: the tourism zone (public beaches, the old city and Souks, the ancient port), the agricultural and archaeological zone, and the Conservation zone that includes the Phoenician springs of Ras El Ain. Established in 1998, is an important sanctuary for wildlife and includes a public beach with yellow sand. The reserve is bisected by the Rachidiye refugee camp.

[http://www.lonelyplanet.com/lebanon/south-of-beirut/tyre-sour/sights/natural-parks-forests/tyre-beach-nature-reserve#ixzz3f7mKVnrX Tyre Beach Nature Reserve] Lonely Planet

Due to its diverse flora and fauna, the reserve is a designated Ramsar Site. It is an important nesting site for migratory birds and the endangered Loggerhead and green sea turtle{{Cite news|last=Sherlock|first=Ruth|date=March 28, 2021|title=Amid Myriad Crises, Lebanon Now Confronts An Ecological Disaster On Its Shores|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/03/28/981688264/amid-a-myriad-of-crises-lebanon-now-confronts-an-ecological-disaster-on-its-shor|access-date=2021-03-29|work=NPR News|language=en}} and the shelter of the Arabian spiny mouse and many other important creatures (including wall lizards, common pipistrelle, and european badger).{{cite web|title=Protecting marine biodiversity in Lebanon|url=https://www.iucn.org/about/union/secretariat/offices/iucnmed/iucn_med_programme/?9741/Protecting-marine-biodiversity-in-Lebanon|publisher=International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)|date=2 May 2012}}{{cite web|author1=Hany El Shaer |author2=Ms. Lara Samaha |author3=Ghassan Jaradi |title=Lebanon's Marine Protected Area Strategy|url=https://portals.iucn.org/library/efiles/documents/2012-081.pdf|publisher=Lebanese Ministry of Environment|date=Dec 2012}}