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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Jewish-Arab environmental initiatives could constitute a new civic front in the times of war Zafrir Rinat Oct 15, 2024 Over the last year, one way to face the harsh reality of Israeli society was to strengthen cooperation strategies between Jewish and Arab citizens. Several such initiatives in the field of nature preservation and environment merit […]

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Scientists, tech entrepreneurs and educators on both sides of the border describe the devastation of lost homes, destroyed laboratories and slain colleagues. 07 October 2024. By Josie Glausiusz Hussein Al-Ajrami, who ran his own biotechnology company in Gaza City, relocated to Cairo in early May, fleeing the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip that began after […]

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Disease wipes out most of the marine creatures in the Gulf of Eilat but their population grows in the Mediterranean, where they are an invasive species that endangers biodiversity  Ilana Curiel|. October 21, 2024 A deadly epidemic has wiped out nearly the entire population of sea urchins in the Gulf of Eilat within just a […]

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By Mai Anati – Oct 19,2024 MMAN — In an initiative that merges art, science, and environmental conservation, the Embassy of Switzerland in Jordan has announced the launch of the “Voices of the Reef” exhibition, set to open in Aqaba in two weeks.  The announcement was made during a media lunch on Thursday, hosted by Swiss Ambassador […]

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By JT – Oct 15,2024 AMMAN — Jordan has implemented water harvesting projects with a total capacity of 128 million cubic metres (mcm) by the end of 2023, Secretary-General of the Jordan Valley Authority Hisham Hisa said on Tuesday. The Ministry of Water and Irrigation, through the Jordan Valley Authority, has been driving these efforts in response […]

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Reuters. 20 October ,2024 Egypt has revised its renewable energy target for 2040 down to 40 percent from a previous goal of 58 percent, Petroleum Minister Karim Badawi said on Sunday, underscoring that natural gas will remain a key part of the country’s energy mix for years. Before hosting the COP27 climate summit in 2022, […]

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Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser speaks at the Singapore International Energy Week. Reuters Short Url https://arab.news/5abba SYED AMEEN KADER. October 21, 202410:25 RIYADH: Saudi Aramco has called for a new energy transition strategy that addresses the needs of Asia and the Global South, amid concerns over the current plan’s uneven progress.   Speaking at the […]

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By JT – Oct 16,2024 AMMAN — HRH Prince Hassan, chairman of the Higher Council for Science and Technology (HCST), on Tuesday attended  the closing session of the “Artificial Intelligence: The Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem Nexus.”  The event featured the presence of HRH Princess Sumaya bint Hassan, Prime Minister Jaafar Hassan, and a number of officials, experts, and academics, according […]

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Dubai, UAE, October 7, 2024 – The International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) salutes the UAE’s latest strategic initiative—the establishment of the National Agricultural Center, launched by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, following yesterday’s Cabinet meeting at Al Marmoom. This forward-looking initiative […]

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OCTOBER 10, 2024. by Daniel Wood Within hours of Hamas’ attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, Israel began airstrikes across the Gaza Strip. Last Oct. 27, Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza began, and within a few days the Israeli military had encircled Gaza City. In the months since then, the war in Gaza has […]

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