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T1 2008 Report of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development: Arab Environment: Future Challenges
A1 Arab Forum for Environment and Development, 
A2 Saab, Najib
A2 Tolba, Mostafa
A2 Abdel Gelil, Ibrahim
A2 El-Batran, Manal
A2 Chaaban, Farid
A2 Nimah, Musa
A2 El Sayyed, Mahmoud Khamis
A2 Kassas, Mohamed
A2 Abou-Elseoud, Nefisa
A2 Medany, Mahmoud
A2 Bashour, Isam
A2 El-Tayeb, Osama
A2 Partow, Hassan
A2 El-Gundy, Mohamed Abdulaziz
A2 Hamzah, Riyad
A2 Gaber, Ahmad
A2 Abaza, Hussein
K1 environmental assessment
K1 natural resource
YR 2008
FD 2008
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/9639
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/9639
NO This 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 region
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 18, 2026