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Environment features

07 Apr 2012
Endangered species: Gebel Elba’s dragon tree
For years, anecdotal reports had been filtering out of the Gebel Elba Protectorate that its ancient population of dragon trees was in decline. Though the dragon tree in Socotra — Dracaena cinnabari — had been...
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05 Apr 2012
'Black Nile': An extraordinary journey from Lake Victoria to Rosetta
As Sudan negotiated its Comprehensive Peace Agreement, foreign correspondent Dan Morrison journeyed down the Nile from its headwaters at Lake Victoria to Rosetta in the delta. It was the first time such a trip had been attempted, much less...
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03 Apr 2012
Limits of development: Q&A with Habib Ayeb, co-director of 'Green Mirages'
Habib Ayeb is a Tunisian geographer and professor at the American University in Cairo’s Social Research Center. His domain of research includes social-geography, governance, poverty, marginality, hydro-politics and geopolitics. He...
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03 Apr 2012
Rashpetco and its contractor accused of waste dumping in Idku
Lawyers and activists from the Idku Workers Union accuse a company contracted by the Rashid Petroleum Company (Rashpetco), a joint venture between a state-owned petroleum firm and multinationals, of dumping waste in their waters and fields...
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02 Apr 2012
Despite government efforts against foot-and-mouth, meat still off the table in the Delta
Meat markets in the busy Galaa Street of Shebin al-Kom, the capital city of Monufiya Governorate, remain empty, in contradiction to recent government reports that the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease is under control there and in several...
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01 Apr 2012
Monufiya pioneers segregating waste at the source
The governorate of Monufiya has launched a new recycling initiative: in an attempt to improve its waste management system it is encouraging residents to separate their trash at home. In various towns and villages throughout Monufiya,...
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31 Mar 2012
SunGlacier could produce water from air in the Egyptian desert
A Dutch artist intends to create a glacier in the Egyptian desert to inspire solar powered solutions to climate change. Working from a climate controlled cube in The Hague in the Netherlands, Ap Verheggen and the company Cofely...
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28 Mar 2012
Egyptian medicinal plant project takes sustainability prize
Egypt's Medicinal Plants Conservation Project (MPCP) has been awarded the 2012 Equator Prize for its work to preserve genetic heritage, along with 25 other local community groups across the world that were honored for their sustainable...
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27 Mar 2012
Meteorite crater site becomes latest protected area
The Environment Ministry last week designated a meteorite crater with “unique phenomena” as Egypt’s newest national park. Kamil Crater’s designation as Protected Area No. 30 is a move to safeguard a site that could...
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23 Mar 2012
Sinai bridge project puts Red Sea ecosystem at risk, say experts
The proposed causeway linking Saudi Arabia to Egypt could seriously damage the Red Sea’s marine life and disrupt communities in South Sinai, say environmental experts, who are calling for an independent body to conduct an...
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