Environment Ministry announces new environmentally-friendly transport project
Egypt’s Ministry of Environment announced a new project to revamp the country’s public transportation system which is set to begin soon. Partnering up with the United Nations Development Program,...
Egypt’s spending in built environment increases by 62%
Total planned spending in built environment increased by 62% from last year, from EGP 98.9bn to EGP 159.8bn in real terms (EGP 187.4bn in nominal prices), according to the Built Environment (BE)...
Turkish president calls for a greener world
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls on citizens to be more sensitive to leave a greener world to next generations ahead of World Environment Day. Erdogan released a statement Sunday for the...
UAE to protect more natural habitats in bid to increase eco-tourism
The UAE will make greater strides towards eco-tourism while expanding its areas of special protection, the Minister of Climate Change and Environment said on Sunday. Even as the country is...
Turkey Introduces Additional Environmental Approval Mechanism for Certain Government Projects
Turkey has introduced an additional environmental assessment mechanism for approving certain types of government projects, which have the most significant environmental effects. The new Strategic...
Solar panels to power four UAE malls
Shopping mall owners Majid Al Futtaim Properties are set to install thousands of new solar panels at four of its malls to reduce the equivalent carbon emissions of taking 700 cars off the road, it...
The people of Kfarhazir sit in front of the quarries of Shakka cement factories
A number of residents of the town of Kfarhazir staged a sit-in in front of the Shakka cement factories in the town of Kfarhazir. As a result of the sit-in, work was stopped in these unlicensed and...
Green Erie: Red Foxes documented by director Mahdi Scaffee
The “Green Area International Association” confirmed that “in parallel with the encroachment on wildlife, we occasionally see practices that require the cessation of the...
