environment
Toxic dust clouds make life ‘hell’ for villagers
Environment
July 16, 2010
Toxic dust clouds make life ‘hell’ for villagers
Life has become almost unbearable for residents of the village of Abu Ahmed in the Nile Delta governorate of Kafr…
Gharb Soheil: Where art meets eco-awareness
Environment
July 8, 2010
Gharb Soheil: Where art meets eco-awareness
Camera in hand, the natural beauty of Gharb Soheil all around her--and with environmental preservation, of course, in mind--Hoda Baraka…
Red Sea Gov: Oil spill successfully dealt with
Environment
June 20, 2010
Red Sea Gov: Oil spill successfully dealt with
Red Sea Governor Magdi Kobeisi announced on Sunday that an oil spill off the coast of Hurghada had been successfully…
Environment Minister: New funds to improve Cairo waste collection
Environment
June 19, 2010
Environment Minister: New funds to improve Cairo waste collection
The Egyptian Cabinet has allocated special funds to the improvement of garbage collection service in Greater Cairo, said the Minister…
Report: Power project may damage fertile land
Environment
June 19, 2010
Report: Power project may damage fertile land
The establishment of an electric power station in el-Qata village in Imbaba could have grave environmental and health implications, a…
Conserving biodiversity: An epic failure
Environment
May 23, 2010
Conserving biodiversity: An epic failure
In 2002, states at the Convention on Biological Diversity agreed to significantly reduce the rate of loss of biodiversity by…
Sudan and Egypt to cooperate on water treatment
Environment
May 15, 2010
Sudan and Egypt to cooperate on water treatment
The Company for Drinking Water and Sewage in the governorate of Beheira and the Drinking Water Authority of the Sudanese…
Biodiversity education and realities
Environment
May 8, 2010
Biodiversity education and realities
Biodiversity refers to the variety of plant and animal life in a given habitat, but for many Egyptians it is…
Egypt hosts conference on reducing poverty, protecting environment
Environment
May 3, 2010
Egypt hosts conference on reducing poverty, protecting environment
Last week the American University in Cairo hosted a conference to launch the WinWin Initiative as part of the Hanns…
Report: Environmental outlook for the Arab world
Environment
April 15, 2010
Report: Environmental outlook for the Arab world
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) recently released a report titled "Environment Outlook for the Arab Region" in cooperation with…