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Retrofiting for the environment
In Asia, the ubiquitous motorized tricycle with its two-stroke engine is a major cause of air pollution.
By: Francesco Raeli
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Arabic text in Apr. 2009
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Let’s make 2009 a Green Year!
Economic growth is possible without increasing CO2 emissions. Denmark sets the example
By Jan Top Christensen, Ambassador of Denmark in Beirut
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Arabic text in Apr. 2009
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Little progress in Poznan toward a new climate treaty
By Mohamed Al-Ashry
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Arabic text in Jan. 2009
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Wisdom of the Andes
Zenon
Porfidio Gomel Apaza thought he knew all about farming...
Pioneering
Spirits, The 12th Rolex Awards for Enterprise
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Story
Arabic text in Sept.. 2008 issue
of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia
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New
species found in Vietnam's green corridor
Scientists
have discovered 11 new species of animals and plants in a remote
area in central Vietnam.
By WWF
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Arabic text in Jan. 2008
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Harvesting
orange blossoms
Extracting "flower water" and essential
oils and making marmalade from bitter orange are traditional crafts
in some Lebanese villages.
By
Lola Claeys Bouuaert
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Arabic text in Sept. 2007 issue
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Melting
glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau
Glaciers are melting, temperatures are rising and
rainy seasons have become unpredictable.
By
Claudia Delpero
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Arabic text in September 2007
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Sewage
Remains Primary Pollutant in Lebanese Waters
Where to swim in Lebanon in 2007?
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Arabic text in June 2007
issue
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Celebrating
World Environment Day 2007
By Habib El Habr, UNEP regional director and representative
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Arabic text in June 2007 issue
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Climate
change will not spare the Arab World
Environmental activists gathered in London to
discuss climate issues
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Arabic text in June 2007
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Post-War
Environment in Lebanon
Main Findings and Recommendations of
UNEP's Post-Conflict Branch Assessment Team
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Arabic text in May 2007 issue
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Tannoura,
Deceived by Politicians, Saved by Greywater.
A
success story of a Lebanese village.
By:
Nadine Haddad El-Hajj & Lea Kai
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Story
Arabic text in April 2007
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Forum
for Environment & Development Launches Programmes at UNEP Governing
Council
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Arabic text in March 2007 issue
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Renewable
Energy Outlook in the Arab Region
By:
Basel Al-Yousfi and Ali Al-Karaghouli (UNEP/ROWA)
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Arabic text in March 2007
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Looking
for Lynx in the Swiss Alps
By:
Mark Schulman
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Arabic text in March 2007
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China
Shifts Gears
Automakers,oil,
pollution and development
By: Kelly Sims Gallagher
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Arabic text in January 2007
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Mediterranean
Threatened by Development
Development pressures
threaten to overwhelm the Mediterranean by 2025.
Full
Story
Arabic text in January 2007 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia
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Wild
Borneo
The island of Borneo
is a place of great natural beauty and rich biodiversity
By:
Nick Garbutt and J. Cede Prudente
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Story
Arabic text in January 2007 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia
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Project
Sky Hole Patching
Tackling
Illegal Trade in Ozone-depleting Substances and Dangerous Waste
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Arabic text in January 2007
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Helping
Lebanon minimize environmental damage
By:
Habib El-Habr, regional director UNEP/ROWA
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Arabic text in September 2006 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia
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Rehabilitating
Lebanon's environment
Exclusive
commentary for Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia
By:
Achim Steiner, UN Under Secretary-General and Executive Director
of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
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Story
Arabic text in September 2006 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia
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Evaluation
of the State of the Environment
Average
of 18 Arab Countries
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Arab
Public Opinion & the Environment
A survey on environmental
trends in Arab countries, conducted in 2006.
Full
Report
complete
Arabic survey report in July 2006 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia
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Inventing
for the Environment
"Inventing
for the Environment" consists of a collection of essays written
by specialists in a wide variety of fields; they include environmental,
science technology and business historians as well as engineers,
scientists, architects and town planners.
Reviewed by: Marja Saab
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Story
Arabic text in April 2006 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia
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Renewable
Energy: Germany's Choice for the Future
Renewable
energy and energy efficiency are being taken seriously in Germany
as major options for the future.
by:
Joachim Fischer and Boghos Ghougassian
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Story
Arabic text
in March
2006
issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia
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Workshop
Arab Municipal Executives Discuss Environmental Management
The second
regional workshop for environmental management at the municipal
level, held in Beirut between14-19 November 2005.
Full
Story
Arabic text in December 2005 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia
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Dirty
Thirty:
Europe's most polluting power stations
After a
summer of climate-related flooding, droughts and heatwaves in parts
of Europe, a new ranking by WWF reveals the continent's worst climate
polluting power stations.
Full
Story
Arabic text in December
2005 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia
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CO2
Storage May Minimize Climate Change
New IPCC report confirms that CO2 capturing and storage could play
a major role in combating climate change - but only if key constraints
are addressed
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Story
Arabic text in December
2005 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia
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Nature's
Wisdom in EXPO 2005
EXPO 2005, AICHI,
Japan is a perspective that is needed in order to curtail the burden
we are placing on nature from the technological and scientific progress
we have reached.
by: Sahar Farhat
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Story
(Full Arabic text in December 2005 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia)
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One
Planet Many People: Atlas of Our Changing Environment
UNEP's bestseller highlights rapid urbanization, forest loss and
other environmental changes as depicted by satellite images
(Full Arabic text in November 2005 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia)
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A
splash of green for the Red Sea
Diving in the Red
Sea's Gulf of Aqaba reveals a moving, technicolour vision that is
simply breathtaking. But it's not just countless schools of fish
and colourful sea anemones that one finds in these balmy waters.
by: Xenya Cherny
(Full Arabic text in November 2005 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia)
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America's
environmental report card
To what extent do American citizens understand the causes and possible
solutions to the nation's environmental ills?
Book Review by: Marja Vos
(Full Arabic text in May 2005 issue of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia)
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