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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GAZA (Ma’an) — Gaza’s electricity company announced it would return to an electricity rationing schedule of eight-hour intervals followed by eight hours without power for all districts in the Gaza Strip. Spokesperson for the company Tariq Labid told Ma’an that they were informed by the Palestinian Energy Authority that a second power generator was now […]

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State says it is not responsible for oil spill from pipeline established in 1960s in partnership between Israeli and Iranian governments. Zafrir Rinat May 16, 2016 The state refuses to comment on its link with the Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline Company, arguing that at any rate it is wrong to hold the state responsible for the oil […]

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An independent survey reveals that the Hatrurim oil reserve holds from 7–11 million barrels of oil; Israel Opportunity’s, a holder of the drilling license, worth went up by 35%. Amir Rosenbaum 05.01.16 The holders of the Hatrurim land license for oil, located near the Dead Sea, reported on Sunday to the Stock Exchange that according […]

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Ehtesham Shahid Joana Bacallo will celebrate her 30th birthday early next month. The senior stewardess at the Dubai-based Emirates Airline is used to being mid-air on such occasions, taking different flight paths and meticulously attending to passengers. However, this time around a special plan has been taking shape for weeks. Joana’s friends and volunteers – […]

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May 14,2016 AMMAN — The government has allocated JD2 million to deliver drinking water to families that reside in poverty pockets out of municipality borders and receive assistance from the Social Development Ministry and the National Aid Fund, said Issam Majali, the spokesperson of the Planning and International Cooperation Ministry, on Saturday. JD1 million will […]

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Israeli farmer Oren Sabah is seeing both his life’s worth and Israeli agriculture crumble before his eyes. It is up to both the consumer and the Israeli government to rectify this situation, as a nation which isn’t connected to its soil isn’t connected at all. Oren Sabah Published: 05.12.16 I’m sitting on a tractor surrounded […]

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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities’ closure of 35 Palestinian quarries in the occupied West Bank since March is threatening the livelihoods of 3,500 workers and may constitute “collective punishment,” a Human Rights Watch report revealed on Thursday. The Civil Administration, a subsection of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) that handles Israeli […]

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By Hana Namrouqa – May 13,2016 AMMAN — Tree planting is under way in the heavily-populated and polluted Sahab Municipality to reduce dust and gases fuming from over 400 factories and stone quarries, according to Sahab Mayor Abbas Maharmeh. A total of 4,000 trees have been planted across town, Maharmeh said on Thursday, citing plans […]

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By JT – May 11,2016 AMMAN — Jordan on Monday signed a technical cooperation agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) to initiate phase 1 of the Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Project (Red-Dead). In the framework of the agreement, three studies will be conducted in terms of […]

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