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October 28, 2010

Iloubnan - AFED organizes Arab Environment Conference 2010 - October 28, 2010


The Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) will be organizing its Annual Conference: Arab Environment 2010, under the theme ‘ARAB ENVIRONMENT: WATER’. The conference will convene in Beirut, Lebanon, under the patronage of H.E. Prime Minister Saad Hariri on 4-5 November 2010 at Habtoor Grand Hotel and Conference Center, and is expected to attract over 30 ministers of energy and environment, business leaders, academicians, civil society and media, from the Arab region and beyond.

Entitled “ARAB ENVIRONMENT: WATER”, the 2010 AFED report will be presented at the 2010 AFED annual conference. The report was prepared by a group of prominent scientists and researchers, and it highlights the need for more sustainable management of a scarce resource.

The report is designed to contribute to the discourse on sustainable management of water resources in the Arab world, stressing the urgent need for policy reforms. It states availability and needs, taking foremost facts into account.

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