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2008 Report of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development: "Arab environment: future challenges"
The Arab Environment Report attempts to answer five key questions:
1. How are environmental conditions in the Arab world changing?
2. What are the causes of environmental deterioration, and how is it linked to human activities and other stresses?
3. Why is environment a significant issue to the Arab world?
4. What is being done about it? How is society responding to the issues through public and private initiatives?
5. Are the measures taken to limit environmental degradation and deterioration of ecosystems enough?
AFED was proclaimed as a regional non-governmental organization in June 2006, at the conclusion of a conference on Public Opinion and the Environment, organized in Beirut, Lebanon, by Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia (Environment & Development) magazine. The conference deliberated on the results of a pan-Arab survey tracing the environmental views of the public in Arab countries. The outcome has been reflected in AFED’s mandate, which gave its work a demand-driven impetus. AFED aims at encouraging Arab societies to protect the environment and use natural resources in a sensible manner, ultimately resulting in sustainable development. The Organization has embarked on a wide ranging programme of activities, the main one being an independent periodic report on the status of Arab environment. The present report launches a series of other reports to follow, each of which will concentrate on specific topics of particular significance to the Arab region.
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The preparation of this report was facilitated through a grant from the OPEC Fund for International Development.
| Creator | MOSTAFA K. TOLBA AND NAJIB W. SAAB - © 2008 Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED), Published with Technical Publications and Environment & Development magazine, P.O.Box 113-5474, Beirut, Lebanon (email: info@afedonline.org) |
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| Publisher | MOSTAFA K. TOLBA AND NAJIB W. SAAB - © 2008 Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED), Published with Technical Publications and Environment & Development magazine, P.O.Box 113-5474, Beirut, Lebanon |
| Type of document | Report |
| Rights | Public |
| File link |
http://www.afedonline.org/afedreport/Full%20English%20Report.pdf |
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| Source of information | AFED (Arab Forum for Environment and Development) |
| Subject(s) | NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY |
| Geographical coverage | Lebanon, Arab countries |
