Environment
Despite a new regime, Cairo’s garbage collectors face the same hardships
February 19, 2013
Despite a new regime, Cairo’s garbage collectors face the same hardships
Though they are responsible for collecting, recycling and disposing most of Cairo’s municipal solid waste, the zabaleen are finding themselves…
Walk and Run to save the Nile, one lap at a time
February 17, 2013
Walk and Run to save the Nile, one lap at a time
The Hayah International Academy hosted the “Walk for the Nile” initiative on Friday for the fourth time, in collaboration with…
Animal rights activists fight the use of wildlife for entertainment
February 14, 2013
Animal rights activists fight the use of wildlife for entertainment
After actor Mohamed Ramadan publicly announced that he’d purchased a seven-month-old lion cub and kept it in a cage in…
Locusts swarm Marsa Alam
February 14, 2013
Locusts swarm Marsa Alam
Locust control teams were dispatched Thursday in Marsa Alam in the Red Sea Governorate after an outbreak of locusts. The…
Oil spill appears in Kafr al-Sheikh canal
February 12, 2013
Oil spill appears in Kafr al-Sheikh canal
Eyewitnesses confirmed Tuesday the sighting of an oil spill in the Miet Yazied Canal in Kafr al-Sheikh City. They added…
Preserving one of Egypt’s most efficient ecosystems: The mangrove
February 12, 2013
Preserving one of Egypt’s most efficient ecosystems: The mangrove
In the brackish waters lapping the shores of the Red Sea lies an unsung hero: the mangrove. Mangroves are trees…
Prominent geologist Roshdi Saeed dies at age 93
February 10, 2013
Prominent geologist Roshdi Saeed dies at age 93
Roshdi Saeed, a leading Egyptian geologist and longtime US resident, died Thursday at age 93 in Washington. He was the…
What are the ecological risks of replenishing the Dead Sea with the Red Sea?
February 10, 2013
What are the ecological risks of replenishing the Dead Sea with the Red Sea?
In an attempt to curb the rapidly declining water level of the Dead Sea and allow for its gradual replenishment,…
Poachers kill 11,000 Gabon elephants in under a decade
February 6, 2013
Poachers kill 11,000 Gabon elephants in under a decade
Poachers have killed more than 11,000 elephants in Gabon's Minkebe National Park rainforest since 2004, Gabon's government said on Wednesday,…