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Volume 12, No.107, February 2007
CONTENTS

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Beirut's day of environmental shame (editorial by Najib Saab)

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Arab environmental priorities: water, desertification, coastal areas, cities and security (expert deliberations for GEO4, cover story )

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Revolutionary recommendations to strengthen UN environmental performance

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Youth Environment Parliament (YEP) in Lebanon the first elected Arab environment parliament

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An obese Arab community Lebanese women are slimmest and Omani women are fattest

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Arab NGO success stories in defending their environmentEnvironmental apprehension: from science to politics
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You are what you eatIn the bird sanctuary Swiss support for 4 environmental tourism spots in Lebanon
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Best photos in nature selections from Shell's wildlife photographer of the year competition entries
48 Water desalination in Yanbu, KSA
50 Water deliberations in Morocco
52 The 10 most polluted cities in the world findings of a study by Blacksmith Institute
56 Sunshine in Rattenberg heliostats bring artificial daylight to the shadowed Austrian town


L
etters to the editor 6 Environment in a month 8 UNEP news 22 Environment market 60 Green library 62 Calendar 64