Volume 16, No.159, June 2011
4 Quest for another planet (editorial by Najib Saab)
11 Secrets of the Gulf oil spill
18 Return to the law of the jungle protecting world forests (cover story)
54 9th world conference on sports and the environment in Doha
28 The sky is our limit for sustainability interview with Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, secretary general of Qatar’s Olympic committee
30 Conservation protects water rights
32 Gold rush in Sudan
42 Moroccan ostrich back from extinction
44 Pyeongchang the snow country will South Korea host winter olympics 2018?
48 Blue peace: rethinking Middle East water
50 Military wastes destroyed Iraqi environment
52 Radio transmissions that make crops grow farmers’ rural radio in Nigeria
56 Mystery illnesses one year after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill
58 King of dyes Domesticating indigo in Madagascar
66 Health risks of radiation exposure
Environment in a month 12 - School news 60 - Environment market 62 - Green library64 - Calendar 68
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