Volume 14, No.138, September 2009
5 Which priority: climate change or food, water and pollution? (editorial by Najib Saab)
10 Opportunities of knowledge (Farouk El-Baz)
18 Green architecture: applications in the Arab region ( cover story)
24 Eco-house in Aqaba
30 Desertec: Africa’s sun illuminates Europe
32 Organic farming boom
42 Plants of Arabia
48 Valuing Guyana’s rainforest
54 Drought displaces Syrian farmers
55 Will the Fertile Crescent disappear this century?
56 Electronic wastes: how China became the world dump
70 Corporate responsibility in Arab culture ( Odeh Al-Jayoussi)
Letters to the editor 9 - Environment in a month 12 -UNEP news 28 - New science 60 - Environment market 64 - Green library 66 - Calendar 68
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