Enhancing Local Food Production, Livelihoods, and the Resilience of Poor and Food-Insecure Palestinians By: Sandra Milkovic and Salah Lahham From July 2019 to March 2020, the World Food Programme (WFP) Country Office in Palestine ran the first round of experiments on climate resilience for food security by providing some of the poorest and severely food-insecure […]

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16/11/2020 Despite the Corona pandemic and conferences becoming mostly virtual, Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) 2020 report and conference received good press coverage in local and regional media, through a group of correspondents from local and Arab newspapers and news agencies.   AFED held its 13th annual conference in Beirut between November 10-11, […]

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NAJIB SAAB 12/11/2020 Although the environment has always impacted human health and wellbeing, the interconnectedness between the two is especially highlighted now, with the world in the grip of the corona virus pandemic, which like many other viruses, is of animal origins. Given this context, the topic of the 13th annual 2020 report of the […]

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“The ministry considers the violations to be serious and emphasizes that it will not allow the operation of facilities at sea without full transparency.” By TZVI JOFFRE   NOVEMBER 16, 2020 13:32 The Environmental Protection Ministry on Sunday fined Noble Energy over NIS 3.7 million after the company violated the terms of its emissions permit […]

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Zafrir Rinat 12.11.2020 Mount Hermon is designated a nature reserve, but there are reasons to doubt that status given the human activity of recent years, which has been seriously undermining the area’s unique ecosystem. The primary issues are the military training and roadbuilding, the cattle grazing and the apiaries, which threaten the flora and fauna […]

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“Despite the rigorous planning and preparation efforts taken in advance, the necessary steps for protecting the environment during the exercise were not taken,” Gamliel wrote to Gantz. By TOBIAS SIEGAL   NOVEMBER 3, 2020 Environmental Minister Gila Gamliel criticized the IDF and its conduct during a northern operation simulating war with Hezbollah that caused several […]

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The Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline Company is suspected of environmental violations, including aggravated water pollution and the illegal disposal of hazardous waste Zafrir Rinat Published on 27.10.2020 State prosecutors have informed the Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline Company and five of its current and former senior officials that they would be prosecuted, subject to a hearing, for the oil spill […]

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The Ashkelon coastline spill may be under control, but the nationwide operation is demanding Israel – one of the world’s worst offenders for beach waste – take responsibility Zafrir Rinat Published on 30.10.2020 Thousands of Israelis participated in major beach clean-up efforts at a hundred locations along the country’s coastline on Friday as an oil […]

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Authorities dump wastewater into the ocean to prevent sewage system from overflowing after heavy rains, covering the area with residues of dirt, oils and animal carcasses among other contaminants Itay Blumenthal | Published: 11.05.20 , Tel Aviv’s beaches were closed on Thursday after authorities had to deliberately discharge sewage into the seawater due to heavy […]

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Announcement is part of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 development plan to achieve environmental sustainability by the end of the decade. 12 Nov 2020 Authorities in Saudi Arabia have announced stringent measures to combat environmental vandalism, with fines of up to 30 million riyals (nearly $8m) and 10 years in jail, a report by The New […]

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Groves are reporting exceptionally bad harvests across the West Bank, and experts are tying the results to the heat wave back in May – as global warming threatens Hagar Shezaf Published on 30.10.2020 When fierce rains wet West Bank lands last winter, the precipitation fed the hopes of many farmers for a fruitful harvest. But […]

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U.N. Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov calls on Israel to ensure the safety of Palestinian olive farmers amid attacks by ‘by people believed or known to be Israeli settlers’ Reuters | Published: 10.29.20 For many West Bank Palestinians, the olive tree is both a revered cultural emblem and an economic necessity – but it has […]

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The three African nations say they failed to agree on new approach to resolve dispute over Ethiopia’s mega-dam project. 5 Nov 2020 Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have once again failed to agree on a new negotiating approach to resolve their years-long dispute over the controversial dam that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile River. […]

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Bio Milk may sound like agricultural fiction, but with a decade of research and the company soon going public, its lab-produced replicas could become one of Israeli science’s latest cash cows Yoram Gabison Published on 03.11.2020 If you take any 1-liter carton of milk off the shelf, you’ll be holding the equivalent of 900 liters […]

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Adding 1.5-liter containers to law will overwhelm their ability to collect and store bottles, retailers say Hadar Kane Published on 02.11.2020 A plan by Israel’s Environmental Protection Ministry to expand the scope of the bottle-deposit law is meeting up with nearly wall-to-wall opposition from supermarket chains and other big retailers. Announced two weeks ago by […]

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The study used marker-assisted breeding (MAB) to successfully identify genes that can increase grain protein content, as well as resist the fungal disease known as stripe rust. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF   OCTOBER 21, 2020 Professors from the University of Haifa were recognized alongside colleagues from the University of California, Davis, by the US-Israel Binational […]

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Two cylindrical cages, three meters in diameter and 3.6m tall, were filled with hundreds of wild-caught mature fish of breeding age in February. Breeding season begins in July but researchers moved the fish over early to give them time to acclimatize to their new environment. They were released into the Creek after the breeding season […]

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Ministers from the three countries to hold videoconference brokered by the African Union on Tuesday, Khartoum says. 27 Oct 2020 Sudan has said it will hold three-way talks on Tuesday with Egypt and Ethiopia over a controversial Nile dam project that US President Donald Trump has warned could lead to military action. Foreign and irrigation […]

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Turning its back on American shale, the gas giant is looking to strike deals with Israel and other countries after its multi-billion-dollar acquisition of Noble Energy Reuters 26.10.2020 After years of focusing on U.S. shale, Chevron Corp is staking its natural gas future on the Middle East, a volatile and divided region where energy majors […]

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Zafrir Rinat Oct 27,2020 Government plan aims for 30 percent solar energy and 70 percent natural gas for electricity production by 2030, after rejecting an Environmental Protection Ministry proposal for a 40-percent target The cabinet approved Sunday a plan to boost electricity production from renewable sources from 17 percent to 30 percent by 2030, in […]

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