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Volume 11, No.98, May 2006
CONTENTS

5

Environment: law, institutions and awareness (editorial by Najib Saab)

8
Solar eclipse between myth and science
20 Medical wastes: where do they go in Lebanon and other Arab countries? (cover story )

28

The evolution of Las Vegas (as shown by satellite images 27 years apart)

30

Who said bottled water is safer?

32
Tips to stop smoking
34
Harvesting wild plants in Ajloun, Jordan
40
Ghaf, the tree of dunes (a "national monument" in UAE)
42 Migrating species on the verge of extinction
48 China and India, the key to an ecologically balanced world (facts and figures from Earthwatch's State of the World 2006 report)
52 Organic agriculture, a road to sustainability
56 Red Indians build wind farms to produce electricity


Letters to the editor 6 - Environment in a month 12 -UNEP news 26 - "Me and the environment" drawing and photo competition 38 - Green library 58 - Environment market 60 - Calendar 62