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EVENTS

Fifth Environmental Symposium of
German-Arab-Scientific Forum for Environmental Studies
20-21 September
Lebanese American University
Byblos, Lebanon
www.german-arab-scientific-forum.de/Registration.htm




 



 

 


















 





 







 




July - August 2010

The CEDRO Impact
By Hassan Harajli

Full Story
Arabic text in July-August 2010 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia

Greywater Treatment and Reuse in Southern Lebanon
By Boghos Ghougassian
Full Story
Arabic text in June 2010 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia

Biodiversity Is Life
By Ahmed Djoghlaf, executive secretary of the Convention on Biological Biodiversity

Full Story
Arabic text in June 2010 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia

Conservation Agriculture – a pathway towards sustainable agriculture

Full Story
Arabic text in May 2010 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia

Brad Pitt’s flood-safe Float House
First permitted floating home in the US
By Morphosis Architects
Full Story
Arabic text in May 2010 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia.

Environmental Damages Due to Hostilities in Gaza Strip

Full Story
Arabic text in Oct. 2009 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia.

Wildlife declines in Kenya's Masai Mara

Full Story
Arabic text in Oct. 2009 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia

Operation Demeter yields tons of illegal shipments of hazardous waste

Full Story
Arabic text in Oct. 2009 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia

Electronic Wastes: how China became the world e-waste dump
By Eduard Eykelberg
Full Story
Arabic text in Sept. 2009 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia

Valuing Guyana’s rainforest
By Ron Cheong

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Arabic text in Sept.. 2009 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia
Eco-house in Aqaba

By Nicholas Seeley.
Full Story
Arabic text in Sept. 2009 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia

Redefining development in the face of climate change

By Gunilla Carlsson and Mohamed El-Ashry

Full Story
Arabic text in July-Aug. 2009 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia
Hero of the night
Saving Mexico’s endangered bats through protection and education
By:
Lynne Schuyler
Full Story
Arabic text in July-Aug. 2009 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia
Recyclable homes
Combine loofah and plastic waste to make low-cost housing.
By Paul Jeffrey, the Rolex Awards for Enterprise

Full Story
Arabic text in Jan. 2009 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia
Netherlands Boosts Security Against Rising Seas
The Delta Committee has made twelve recommendations to 'future proof' the Netherlands, securing the country against flooding.
Full Story
Arabic text in Oct. 2008 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia
Twelve Steps to Help You Kick the CO2 Habit
You may think you don’t know where to begin, but by reading this, you have already begun.
Full Story
Arabic text in Jun. 2008 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia

Interview with Lorraine Bolsinger, GE Corporate Vice President
Ecomagination: Green Environment Brings Green Dollars.

Full Story
Arabic text in June. 2008 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia



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  6 -13 Sep. 2010

GREEN NEWS

A fuel tanker loaded with 9 million liters (2.4 million gallons) of diesel fuel has run aground in Canada's Far North but none of the fuel has spilled, the Canadian Coast Guard said.

Drought has cut Peru's Amazon River to its lowest level in 40 years and it is already below the minimum set in 2005, when a devastating dry spell damaged vast swaths of South American rainforest in the worst drought in decades.

Tiny marine creatures found on the seabed on opposite sides of the vast West Antarctic ice sheet give a strong hint of the risks of sea level rise caused by climate change, scientists said.

Almost 50 nations made progress toward a "Green Fund" to help poor countries fight global warming but hosts Mexico and Switzerland said a full U.N. climate treaty was out of reach for 2010.

At least 21% of freshwater species in continental Africa are threatened with extinction putting the livelihoods of millions of people at risk, according to the ICUN Red List of Threatened Species.

The warmth generated by human bodies in the Parisian metro will help heat a public housing project in the city center, the capital's largest owner of social housing said.

Iran said it would produce in a year the nuclear fuel needed for a medical reactor in Tehran, a news agency reported, days after the Islamic state began loading fuel into its first atomic power plant.

Gasoline misers like the Toyota Prius would get an 'A-' while muscle cars -- including the Ferrari 612 -- would get a 'D' under a labeling program proposed by Obama administration, which wants to convince consumers to buy vehicles that use less energy.

Efforts to sequence the wheat genome are only at an initial stage of what will be a long-term project requiring more government support, leading Chinese and international scientists said.

Biofuel demand is driving a new "land grab" in Africa, with at least 5 million hectares acquired by foreign firms to grow crops in 11 countries, a study by an environmental group said.

China's $736-billion push to harness nuclear, wind, solar and biomass energy hinges on making the cleaner fuels competitive with cheap and CO2-intensive coal without derailing surging industrial growth.

Malaysian airport security arrested a convicted wildlife smuggler after finding almost 100 live reptiles in his luggage, the country's Wildlife and National Parks Department said.