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Volume 17, No.166-167, January - February 2012
CONTENTS

6

Imminent water crisis? (editorial by Najib Saab)

10
Eradicating energy poverty by Suleiman Al-Herbish, OFID director General
18 Walls and streets that depollute the air (cover story)

24

Eye on Earth environmental summit in Abu Dhabi

26

Green economy forum in Ajman

30
ILO meeting in Kyoto
32
No climate agreement before 2020 climate talks in Durban
34
The rise of drowned Halfa city in Sudan
36 Dying rivers in Yemen
38 Mamoura wetland in Tunisia choking with wastewater
40 Tear gas!
50 The ancient city of Carthage
52 Flamingoes in UAE Wathba reserve
54 Bialowieza forest
58 Ice hotel near Quebec

60

Naomi Campbell’s  environmental mansion

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Vertical farms for future cities
Recycled Christmas trees
6Acidification threatening overstressed fisheries
Kiwi farming in Syria
Endangered medicinal plants
Natural reserves in Saudi Arabia

Letters 8 - Environment in a month 12 - New science 74 - Environment market 70 - Green Library 80 - Calendar 82