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Volume 10, No.88-89, July-August 2005
CONTENTS

6

Weakest link... smartest link! (editorial by Najib Saab)

12
State of the Arab environment (by Mohammad El-Ashry, former CEO and chairman of GEF)
14 How safe are Lebanese beaches? (special report)

24

Robbing marine sand on the Lebanese coast (cover story)

34

Israel's apartheid wall (environmental and social impact)

40
Egypt's endangered lakes
42
Green cities festival in Beirut
50
Majestic Palmyra (history and wildlife in the Syrian desert)
56 Lake Skadar (a natural treasure in Montenegro)
60 Best environment photos 2005 (winners in UNEP's Focus on Your World competition)
70

National environmental priorities and international programmes (Environment & Development's forum at the American University of Beirut)

74 Greener Olympics
76 Back to open skies (releasing Sheikh Zayed's falcons)

Letters to the editor 8 - Environment in a month 18 -UNEP news 32 - Environment market 80 - Calendar 82

supplement: 22 environmental puzzles