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Volume 11, No.96, March 2006
CONTENTS

5

Arab environment chased by indexes (editorial by Najib Saab)

6
Towards an integrated resource management (by HRH Prince Hassan Bin Talal)
10 Sarafand: another Lebanese coastal waste dump on fire (special report)

22

State of the Arab environment 2006 (cover story)

27

Chemical pollution and nuclear hotspots in Iraq (interview with Iraqi environment minister Nermine Othman)

32
What future for energy, tourism and chemical management? (deliberations during the global ministerial environment forum in Dubai)
38
OPEC Fund for International Development: $8 billion in loans and grants during 30 years (interview with the Fund's director general Suleiman Al-Herbish)
44
Ambergris in Oman jewels from the guts of the sperm whale
48 UAE divers explore and clean up Malaysian coastal waters
54 Rodents invade Iraqi cities
57 Arabia's youth gather in Sharjah
58 Renewable energy, Germany's choice for the future
62 What's up in the green car industry?
68 Noise: mitigation measures around the world


Letters to the editor 8 - Environment in a month 14 -UNEP news 28 - Green library 71- Environment market 72 - Calendar 74