| | Escaping forward from the environment | | By Najib Saab
March 2008
Workers in one rich gulf country went on strike last month protesting against miserable living conditions provided by a major construction firm, which is building an ‘artificial island”. Each six of the workers were given one room for accommodation, less than16 sq meters in area and devoid of the basic hygiene conditions. | | more... | |
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| | Environmental liability not the remission of sins | | By Najib Saab
September 2007
Responding to objections over pollution from cement and chemical plants located inside residential areas, an Arab Minister of Environment used the concept of “sustainable development” to justify pollution. | | more... | |
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| | From Construction to Recycling Industry | | by Najib Saab
April 2007
When I met Ahmad Al Khuzaim ten years ago at an environmental exhibition and conference in Riyadh, he was a contractor building factories. When I met him last month during the waste management and recycling exhibition in Riyadh, the former contractor was carrying another identity. He has established a new company specialized in the treatment of plastic and paper wastes delivered to him by the same factories he had built over the last ten years. | | more... | |
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| | Nuclear Energy in the Arab Market | | By Najib Saab
January 2007
As soon as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries declared in their summit their intentions for reviewing joint programmes for the peaceful use of nuclear energy, the Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced his support and offered his country's assistance in transferring nuclear technology to its Arab neighbors. | | more... | |
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 | | | Arab Environment in 10 Years | | | ARAB ENVIRONMENT IN 10 YEARS crowns a decade of the series of annual reports produced by the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) on the state of Arab environment. It tracks and analyzes changes focusing on policies and governance, including level of response and engagement in international environmental treaties. It also highlights developments in six selected priority areas, namely water, energy, air, food, green economy and environmental scientific research. |
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