Environment and Climate in the Middle East

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Environment and Climate in the Middle East

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Atlas Shows Environmental Change in Vulnerable Arab Region – AFED

First Report of its Kind Uses Satellite Images to Track Land-use Change, Urban growth and Shrinking Water Bodies The pace of environmental change in the Arab region may be faster than in the rest of the world due to growing populations and increasing environmental pressures, according to a new report released today. The United Nations […]

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In the midst of an environmental calamity in Gaza lies an opportunity [CGNews]

by Joseph Mayton 22 July 2010 CAIRO – Beyond the most obvious hardships brought about by the Gaza blockade, there is another less commonly discussed environmental calamity in the making that could have terrible long-term implications. According to a report by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the Israeli-Egyptian blockade on the Strip is causing […]

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