Volume 14, No.136/137, July/August 2009
4 Green economy from Ban Ki-Moon to Fuhaid Al-Sharif (editorial by Najib Saab)
10 Where to swim in Lebanon summer 2009 (special report)
18 Redefining development in the face of climate change (by Gunilla Carlsson, Swedish minister for international development cooperation and Chair of the Commission on Climate Change and Development, and Mohamed El-Ashry, member of CCCD and former chairman/CEO of GEF)
22 Biosafety of Genetically modified organisms in the Arab world (cover story)
32 Dust storms of Kuwait
34 Collecting water from fog in Asir, Saudi Arabia
36 Fish farming in Morocco
52 Hiking Lebanese mountains in 30 days
60 Hero of the night: saving Mexico’s endangered bats
64 Beijing Olympics green achievements (UNEP report)
66 Threats to Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands
70 Jellyfish infestation
72 Environmental progress impediments in the Arab region and the role of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development by Abdellatif Youssef Al-Hamad, CEO of the Arab Fund
74 An environment friendly night club
Letters to the editor 9 - Environment in a month 12 -UNEP news 30 - Green cars - 68 New science 76 - Environment market 80 - Green library 82 - Calendar 84 - Caricature 86
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