By JAMES GLANZ and RAMI NAZZALMAY 14, 2016 AUJA, West Bank — Samer Atiyat, a Palestinian farmworker, had climbed halfway up a 20-foot date palm and was trimming stalks that held rich clusters of the fruit, still green and unripe. Working near the Dead Sea on land that still evokes its biblical past, Mr. Atiyat, […]

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By Hana Namrouqa – May 25,2016 AMMAN – Plans are under way to establish a regional centre for trans-boundary animal diseases in Maan Governorate, 220km south of Amman, a government official said Wednesday. The facility will be established under the supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Hashemite Fund for Badia Development and the World […]

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By Merza Noghai – May 21,2016 – Last updated at May 21,2016 11 7 googleplus0 0 0 Authorities in Petra in cooperation wih the UNDP have installed four environment-friendly toilets in places that lacked such facilities. The utilities are able to convert waste into organic fertilisers (Photo by Merza Noghai) PETRA — Although some 80 […]

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By MICHELLE MALKA GROSSMAN 05/24/2016 Report lead by State Comptroller Joseph Shapira ssays aid that there are about 250-300 hazardous material incidents each year that affect the environment. Myriad shortcomings exist in Israel’s handling of potentially harmful environmental issues, according to a report released Tuesday by State Comptroller Joseph Shapira. The report found that there […]

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Despite professional recommendations to stop air pollution from wood burning charcoal production in northern West Bank, the government has failed to act. Zafrir Rinat May 13, 2016 The government has failed to implement decisions to prevent air pollution from charcoal production plants in the northern West Bank, resulting in serious health problems for people in […]

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By MICHELLE MALKA GROSSMAN 05/24/2016 PMO Director-General Eli Groner said “excess regulation” prevents farmers from using the “most modern and safe agricultural methods.” Regulations on agricultural pesticides, as well as livestock vaccinations and disinfectants may soon be lightened after the Ministerial Committee on Regulation in the Prime Minister’s Office approved a proposal to lessen rules […]

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Gamla Nature Reserve once housed dozens of raptors’ nests, but only three active nests were found this year; experts optimistic that more vultures will return next year. Zafrir Rinat Apr 25, Israel’s largest nesting site for vultures ceased to be active last week. The discovery is a blow to the efforts of the Israel Nature […]

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Tel Aviv launches program to encourage restaurants to reduce damage to environment. A shopping cart full of discarded vegetables and coffee remains makes its way every week from Tel Aviv’s Cafe Bacio to the garden of the adjacent Gavrieli Hacarmel elementary school. If a group of 3rd-5th graders would not load up the leftover food […]

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Courtesy of VisitPalestine.ps Around 26,000 hectares (3.94 percent) of the West Bank can be classified as forested areas. There are approximately 93 major forests – natural, manmade, and mixed. The natural forests are habitats of great diversity of flora and fauna and include some endemic tree species such as Pistacia palaestina, Quercus calliprinos (Palestine oak), […]

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Op-ed It is time to stop damaging the environment, wrecking public spaces, endangering the children and move the bonfires over to the smartphone Anat Lev-Adler 05.25.16on There aren’t many things that I hate in this world. I could count them on my fingers and might have a few left. And even so, I can still […]

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Israel’s Arava Institute for Environmental Studies is celebrating its 20th year of bringing together diverse populations to plan a healthier tomorrow. By Abigail Klein Leichman May 19, 2016 On Kibbutz Ketura in Israel’s Arava desert, more than 800 students from Israel and other countries have torn down barriers over the past two decades to find […]

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HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities delivered four demolition notices on Wednesday ordering several Palestinians to remove water tanks being used for irrigation in the northern and eastern areas of the town of Beit Ummar in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron, locals said. The water tanks are used to irrigate lands in the […]

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What happens when increasing populations and incomes lead to higher demand for resource-intensive food while climate change and resource scarcity disrupt food supply? A new report released today by Global Footprint Network and the UNEP Finance Initiative finds that this growing imbalance of food demand and supply will lead to higher food prices and food […]

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By MICHELLE MALKA GROSSMAN 05/17/2016 Netafim Head of APAC Division and China Chairman Stephan Titze said that the palnt will be a “solid foundation” for future activities in the country as well. Drip irrigation and other water-saving technology will be getting a major boost in China, after Israeli drip irrigation leader Netafim opened its first […]

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May 20,2016 AMMAN — Jordan in the past two days exported 284 shipments of fruit and vegetables that weighed 5,457 tonnes to the Gulf countries, Agriculture Ministry Spokesperson Nimer Haddadin said on Thursday. The numbers indicate a “remarkable increase” that would benefit farmers who suffered successive losses due to border closures with Syria and Iraq, […]

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Op-ed: Due to the collapse of Israeli agriculture, farmers don’t have enough money to transport their goods to supermarkets. As a result, farmers have been turning to Facebook in an effort to save their farms and entice people to buy poduce directly them. Shiri Yakovar-Blikov 05.17.16 In an unusual step, a farmer opened his tomato […]

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Agriculture Minister Akram Shehayyeb announced on Wednesday that the Naameh landfill will be “permanently shut at midnight.” He said during a press conference that the dump will then be transformed into a green space. The closure will put an end to months of disputes over the dump that was reopened to resolve a waste management […]

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By Hana Namrouqa – May 19,2016 AMMAN — Residents of South Marka in the eastern part of the capital complained on Wednesday from piling trash, as the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) said people’s unhygienic practices aggravate the area’s sanitation situation. Trash bags, old furniture and large cardboard boxes are thrown on the corners of streets […]

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Monday, 16 May 2016 Dubai is building a sewerage network under its streets, replacing more than 121 pumping stations in a $3.4bln project expected to take five years to complete, UAE daily Gulf News reported. The system works using gravity to transport sewage underground to the processing plant – rather than pumping stations. Director-general of […]

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Experts are looking for radical new ways to tackle a growing concern, but undertaking operations to prevent such damage has been a major challenge. Zafrir Rinat Apr 24, 2016 Almost half of Israel’s agricultural land is at risk of soil erosion, according to estimates by the agriculture ministry division responsible for soil conservation, leading experts […]

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