Environment features

Gebel Elba, Egypt's Garden of Eden, is threatened

18 Sep 2012
There is a place in Egypt where the mountain blossoms on one side, where sea moisture accumulates on the mountaintop and forms rivulets that trickle down the hill and spur insatiable, rainforest-like vegetation inhabited by the most...
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Kicked off our land for a golf course: Q&A with a Madinat al-Sadat farmer

Reda Mohamed Nassif is a farmer from Madinat al-Sadat who says farmers there have lost their land to plans for a golf course and a shopping mall.
17 Sep 2012
Reda Mohamed Nassif, a farmer from Madinat al-Sadat, was a victim of land reclamation and rural violence during the Hosni Mubarak era. He was also one of the farmers who protested in front of the Interior Ministry on 27 August to ask for...
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Abandoned by the system, Egypt’s farmers suffer discrimination, violence and poverty

16 Sep 2012
On 11September, Egypt celebrated Farmer’s Day. But the dire straits in which many farmers find themselves call for anything but celebration. Strangled by poor market access, marginalization and general disregard from the authorities...
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A Thousand Gardens initiative: Make your own garden

12 Sep 2012
Aiming at establishing clean and sustainable vegetable gardens, “A Thousand Gardens in Africa” initiative held its first training workshop in Egypt on Saturday, two years after the project’s launch. Organized by...
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A zoo of problems: Campaign calls for shutdown of government zoos

10 Sep 2012
Animals in the country’s zoos suffer from injuries, untreated diseases and severe starvation, according to animal welfare group “Occupy for Animals.” The group has started a campaign on its website demanding the shutdown...
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Local environmental festival brings recycling groups closer together

09 Sep 2012
A group of activists from the Middle East and Denmark attempted to bridge gaps between environmental organizations and the public with a recycling festival held at Darb 1718 cultural center over a week ago. The group, the DEMENA Climate...
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Illegal pesticides threaten agriculture and fragile ecosystem

03 Sep 2012
The spread of counterfeit pesticides and fertilizers that contain dangerous toxic substances is one of the biggest dangers threatening agriculture in the country, and its delicate ecosystem. While the Agriculture Committee in the Shura...
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Study: Spineless creatures under threat, from worms to bees

02 Sep 2012
The vital tasks carried out by tiny "engineers" like earthworms that recycle waste and bees that pollinate crops are under threat because one-fifth of the world's spineless creatures may be at risk of extinction, a study...
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As Saudi-Egypt bridge looks likely to get the green light, environmentalists see red

01 Sep 2012
  Environmentalists have urged caution after a US$3 billion bridge project linking Saudi Arabia to Egypt seems likely to have been given the green light by President Mohamed Morsy.  According to an Al-Hayat report quoting Egypt...
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Troubled waters: Monufiya's contaminated water and low supply

Drinking water polluted in Hawamdia cause of factories dumping waste and Almasry Alyoum taking samples for testing on October 2009
30 Aug 2012
Residents of Sansaft, a village in Monufiya Governorate, are suffering from an epidemic of severely contaminated local water supplies. Reports of the outbreak began to surface on Tuesday, just after Eid al-Fitr, as residents began rushing...
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