2008 Report of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development: Arab Environment: Future Challenges

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dc.contributor.authorArab Forum for Environment and Development
dc.contributor.otherSaab, Najib
dc.contributor.otherTolba, Mostafa
dc.contributor.otherAbdel Gelil, Ibrahim
dc.contributor.otherEl-Batran, Manal
dc.contributor.otherChaaban, Farid
dc.contributor.otherNimah, Musa
dc.contributor.otherEl Sayyed, Mahmoud Khamis
dc.contributor.otherKassas, Mohamed
dc.contributor.otherAbou-Elseoud, Nefisa
dc.contributor.otherMedany, Mahmoud
dc.contributor.otherBashour, Isam
dc.contributor.otherEl-Tayeb, Osama
dc.contributor.otherPartow, Hassan
dc.contributor.otherEl-Gundy, Mohamed Abdulaziz
dc.contributor.otherHamzah, Riyad
dc.contributor.otherGaber, Ahmad
dc.contributor.otherAbaza, Hussein
dc.coverage.spatialWestern Asia
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-11T20:14:51Z
dc.date.available2016-10-11T20:14:51Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.descriptionThis document presents an independent, policy-oriented assessment of environmental conditions in Arab countries for the public and for decision makers. It sets a baseline by evaluating key sectors using national and international data cross-checked with experts and research institutions, and supplemented where feasible by field surveys, while noting gaps from missing or incoherent national data. It explains how rapid population growth and largely short-term development measures have increased pressure on natural resources and contributed to environmental deterioration. The document identifies priority challenges including water scarcity, land degradation and desertification, limited capacity for waste management, coastal and marine degradation, air pollution, and warming. It also reports substantial economic costs, citing estimates of several percent of gross domestic product in the regionen
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/9639
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.TableOfContentsChapter 1. Human Development and Patterns of Production and Consumption / Ibrahim Abdel Gelil
dc.relation.TableOfContentsChapter 2. Integrating Environment in Development Planning / Mostafa Kamal Tolba
dc.relation.TableOfContentsChapter 3. Urbanization / Manal El-Batran
dc.relation.TableOfContentsChapter 4. Air Quality / Farid Chaaban
dc.relation.TableOfContentsChapter 5. Water Resources / Musa Nimah
dc.relation.TableOfContentsChapter 6. Marine Environment / Mahmoud Khamis El Sayyed
dc.relation.TableOfContentsChapter 7. Aridity, Drought and Desertification / Mohamed Kassas
dc.relation.TableOfContentsChapter 8. Waste Management / Nefisa Abou-Elseoud
dc.relation.TableOfContentsChapter 9. Impact of Climate Change on Arab Countries / Mahmoud Medany
dc.relation.TableOfContentsChapter 10. Pesticides, Fertilizers and Food Safety / Isam Bashour
dc.relation.TableOfContentsChapter 11. Biosafety of Biotechnology Products / Osama El-Tayeb
dc.relation.TableOfContentsChapter 12. Environmental Impact of Wars and Conflicts / Hassan Partow
dc.relation.TableOfContentsChapter 13. Environmental Legislation / Mohamed Abdulaziz El-Gundy
dc.relation.TableOfContentsChapter 14. The Environment in Arab Media / Najib Saab
dc.relation.TableOfContentsChapter 15. Environmental Education / Riyad Hamzah
dc.relation.TableOfContentsChapter 16. Environmental Scientific Research / Ahmad Gaber
dc.relation.TableOfContentsChapter 17. Financing of Environment Programmes: Private-Public Partnership / Hussein Abaza
dc.relation.TableOfContentsChapter 18. Response to International and Regional Agreements / Ibrahim Abdel Gelil
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectenvironmental assessment
dc.subjectnatural resource
dc.title2008 Report of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development: Arab Environment: Future Challengesen
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