In response to the acute humanitarian and environmental crises in Gaza, the Arava Institute launched the Jumpstarting Hope in Gaza Initiative with our Palestinian partner NGO in May. Please  join the conversation with Dr. David Lehrer to hear about the initiative in the next session of our Fall 2024 series of Voices on the Ground  at 12 noon eastern time next Thursday, November […]

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20 September 2024 Friends of the Arava Institute’s Fall Zoom series, Voices on the Ground: Environmental Peacebuilding Since October 7th,featuring the Arava Institute’s Executive Director, Dr. Tareq Abu Hamed. These updates from the Arava Institute offer a sense of hope: there is a path forward. There is cooperation, trust, and progress made using environmental peacebuilding fostered at […]

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From the Nature Conservation Index 2024 (Middle East Countries) website: In the era of the Sixth Mass Extinction, habitat loss, pollution, invasive species, and hunting are all contributing to biodiversity loss – wildlife and plant populations are diminishing at an unprecedented pace. The Nature Conservation Index (NCI) is a valuable tool for assessing the effectiveness of countries’ conservation efforts. […]

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A detailed combination of visuals and text on the nature conservation work of the Saudi government “The plans set out under the Saudi Green Initiative also include the planting of 10 billion trees over the coming decades, resulting in a 12-fold increase in tree cover, equivalent to rehabilitating about 40 million hectares of degraded land. […]

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NOUR EL-SHAERI    November 03, 2024 Short Url. https://arab.news/rmpas RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is encouraging urgent action to combat drought, as vast areas of land — larger than the size of Ireland — are projected to face degradation globally in the near future. With less than one month remaining until the 16th session of the Conference of […]

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By Francesca Lorenzini – Oct 29,2024 AMMAN — Italian author and journalist Paola Caridi unveiled the profound connections between trees and human histories in her new book, “Il gelso di Gerusalemme” (Jerusalem’s Mulberry Tree), during a conference held at Mar Yohanna, Jabal Amman, on Monday. “Trees are life to me,” she said. Caridi drew on the insights […]

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By JT – Oct 29,2024 AMMAN — The Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Jordan launched on Tuesday the Kingdom’s first Urban Farming Training Centre at Al Tafawuq Park in Amman. The centre aims to boost food security in light of increasing climate change effects and disruptions to food supply chains, […]

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Oct 31,2024 AMMAN — The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has announced a new partnership with WEE Pros GmbH, a prominent provider of sustainable engineering solutions, to enhance green construction and water conservation practices in Jordan.  This initiative is part of the “Building Resilience to Cope with Climate Change in Jordan” […]

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By JT – Oct 22,2024 AMMAN — Deputising for His Majesty King Abdullah, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Saleh Kharabsheh on Tuesday in Amman attended the opening of the 11th International Geological Conference and the 10th East Mediterranean Geology Conference. Kharabsheh stressed the increasing significance of the sector, particularly in light of contemporary challenges related to […]

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