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Volume 10, No.86, May 2005
CONTENTS

7

Arab environment regains its dignity in Jordan (editorial by Najib Saab)

10
Strawberry: fruit or poison? (special report about pesticide abuse)
18 Diseases triggered by environmental degradation (cover story)

28

Arab human development report 2004 (towards freedom in the Arab World)

32

Israeli waste dump in a Palestinian quarry

34
Thirst and soil degradation in arid regions (international conference on sustainable use of natural resources)
40
Argan tree and bald ibis (two national treasures protected in Morocco)
44
End of the world! (a trip to North Cape in Norway)
52 Wind energy to run the world
56 America's environmental report card
67 Environment hotline (supplement on the readers' service of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia magazine)

Letters to the editor 8 - Environment in a month 12 -UNEP NEWS 24 - Environment market 60 - Green library 62- Calendar 64
Supplement: the young environmentalist