Volume 17, No.166-167, January-February 2012
6 Imminent water crisis? (editorial by Najib Saab)
10 Eradicating energy poverty by Suleiman Al-Herbish, OFID director General
18 Walls and streets that depollute the air (cover story)
24 Eye on Earth environmental summit in Abu Dhabi
26 Green economy forum in Ajman
30 ILO meeting in Kyoto
32 No climate agreement before 2020 climate talks in Durban
34 The rise of drowned Halfa city in Sudan
36 Dying rivers in Yemen
38 Mamoura wetland in Tunisia choking with wastewater
40 Tear gas!
50 The ancient city of Carthage
52 Flamingoes in UAE Wathba reserve
54 Bialowieza forest
58 Ice hotel near Quebec
60 Naomi Campbell’s environmental mansion
62 Vertical farms for future cities
65 Recycled Christmas trees
66 Acidification threatening overstressed fisheries
68 Kiwi farming in Syria
70 Endangered medicinal plants
86 Natural reserves in Saudi Arabia
Letters 8 - Environment in a month 12 - New science 74 - Environment market 70 - Green Library 80 - Calendar 82
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