The Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) produced four short documentaries on the topics of: Desert (Manmade Deserts), Seas (Seas Support Life), Waste (Solid Waste) and Air (The Air We Breathe). Several prominent Arab experts participated in these documentaries, which are intended for television, awareness campaigns and education programs. The documentaries have been made […]

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Regional Youth Camp in Jordan On February 5th and 6th, the Good Water Neighbors (GWN) project organized a regional youth camp at the Sharhabil bin Hassneh EcoPark in Jordan. The participants consisted of alumni and youth from the Jordan Valley, Irbid, Kishon and Muqata watersheds. They learned about the importance of cross-border cooperation and environmental […]

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By Hana Namrouqa – Feb 29,2016 AMMAN — Jordan and Germany on Monday signed agreements at a value of 32 million euros to improve water and wastewater services for communities hosting Syrian refugees in the northern and central regions. Water Minister Hazem Nasser and German Ambassador to Jordan Birgitta Siefker-Eberle signed the two agreements, which […]

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As part of its cover story about Waste trade, in the March-April 2016 issue, Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia magazine conducted this interview with Rolph Payet, executive secretary of the Basel Convention on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal. What types of transboundary moved wastes are controlled by Basel Convention? The Basel Convention […]

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By MICHELLE MALKA GROSSMAN 03/02/2016 Currently, only 2.6 percent of Israel’s electricity is produced from renewable sources. A renewable energy law could be in the works after the Knesset’s Finance Committee met on Wednesday to discuss the basics before bringing it for an initial reading in the plenum. One of the points that bothered some […]

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by Naharnet Newsdesk 02 March 2016, 21:17 Financial Prosecutor Ali Ibrahim has filed a lawsuit against the Sukleen and Sukomi firms on charges of “squandering public funds” in their handling of waste management in the country in the past two decades, media reports said on Wednesday. Ibrahim’s move is based on the lawsuit that has […]

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By Hana Namrouqa – Mar 01,2016 A total of 37 types of migratory soaring birds, which maintain flight by using rising air currents, travel on the Rift Valley-Red Sea Flyway annually (Photo by Muath Freij) AMMAN — With the start of birds’ migration season, the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) said Tuesday […]

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James Denselow While it was written that God warned Noah about the coming flood, in Iraq this week it was the US embassy who issued an alert warning that the Mosul Dam could burst. Such is the potential for “catastrophic failure” that the embassy advised that US citizens should leave the Tigris flood plain. As […]

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