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Volume 14, No.131, February 2009
CONTENTS

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Environment in the Arab Summit (editorial by Najib Saab)

8
Role of technology in mitigating climate change (by Ali Al-Naimi, minister of petroleum and mineral resources in Saudi Arabia)
20 Environmental impact of wars and conflicts (cover story )

28

Holocaust in Gaza

40

A disappearing tree in Lebanon (Juniperus excelsa is the only tree that can grow at higher altitudes than cedars)

42
Marine rain forests off Australia
48
World future energy summit in Abu Dhabi
50
Green Universities (environmentally friendly campuses)
52 The great green wall of Africa (planting forests to curb desertification)
54 Grey water for home gardens (LATA/MECTAT workshop in Beirut)
57 Moulay Yacoub thermal springs in Morocco
58 Homes of the future


L
etters to the editor 6 - Environment in a month 10 -UNEP news 30 - New science 58 - Environment market 62 - Green library 66 - Calendar 68