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The average Cairene inhales more than 20 times the acceptable level of air pollution every day, according to the World Health Organization. That means that every Cairo resident’s daily air pollution intake is akin to smoking a pack of...
News about the slaughtering of three whale sharks in Suez in the past weeks triggered a wave of anger among marine biologists and environmental organizations across Egypt.
The Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association (HEPCA)...
Rafah and other cities on Sinai’s north coast have been suffering from pollution of the Mediterranean Sea and its underground water reservoir, which has caused serious environmental and health issues for the local population, experts argue....
A conference discussing the merits of genetically modified crops took place Sunday at Cairo University’s Faculty of Agriculture.
Organized in cooperation with the Egyptian Biotechnology Information Center, the four-hour talk came two weeks...
As a part of its continuous efforts to spread green innovations, the Oasis community club and activity center hosted a workshop on how to recycle kitchen and agricultural waste.
Oasis is an ecological initiative launched by engineer Amr Farouk in...
With 35 million people in Egypt concentrated in urban centers and 32 percent of the overall population residing in Cairo, according to a 2012 World Bank report, it makes sense to rethink Egypt’s urban ecology and the role trees can play in...
In an effort to take a leading role in making Egypt more environmentally friendly, the American University in Cairo has launched a new master of science in sustainable development. The program, the first of its kind in the region, is scheduled to...
The NGO Ain al-Biaa — “Source of the Environment” in Arabic — has chosen the neighborhood of Sakr Qurish in Basatin, south of Cairo, to implement its vision for greener cities.
If the project gets the go ahead,...
The Hayah International Academy hosted the “Walk for the Nile” initiative on Friday for the fourth time, in collaboration with the Irrigation and Water Resources Ministry. The campaign aims to raise funds to clean up Abul Menagga Canal,...
After actor Mohamed Ramadan publicly announced that he’d purchased a seven-month-old lion cub and kept it in a cage in his garden to prepare for his upcoming movie “Lion Heart,” a group of animal welfare activists launched a social...
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