DIVERSIFICATION OF ECONOMY IN SAUDI ARABIA AND UAE: QUALITY OF LIFE ABOVE GROWTH FIGURES EDITORIAL BY NAJIB SAAB 4 | LETTERS 6 | QUOTES AND FIGURES 8 | ALICE IN WONDERLAND COMMENTARIES 11 | LIVING WITH LESS PLASTIC PERSONAL TIPS 12 | ENVIRONMENT NEWS 16 | WASTE TRADE COVER STORY 22 | EXPORTING COUNTRIES RESPONSIBLE TO RETURN REFUSED WASTES INTERVIEW WITH ROLPH PAYET, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF BASEL CONVENTION 27 | AFED NEWS 30 | EFFICIENT LIGHTING FOR UAE BUILDINGS 38 | EVALUATING THE COST OF COASTAL DEGRADATION IN ABU DHABI 40 | ANCIENT AGRICULTURAL TERRACES IN MOROCCO’S ATLAS MOUNTAINS 42 | BEEKEEPING IN ALGERIA 44 | FLOATING FISH FARMS IN IRAQ 46 | JORDAN’S WILDERNESS PHOTOGRAPHED 48 | WILD ANIMALS of AFRICA on candid camera 52 | 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR THE WORLD IN 2050 60 | REINVENTING PARIS 23 GREEN BUILDINGS FOR 2020 64 | BOLIVIAN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE PROTECT THEIR FORESTS 68 | INSECT FARMS PRODUCE ALTERNATIVE ANIMAL FEED 70 |  NEW SCIENCE 74 | ENVIRONMENT MARKET 78 | GREEN LIBRARY 80 | CALENDAR 82