Al-Ahram Weekly Online   30 June - 6 July 2005
Issue No. 749
ENVIRONMENT
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

photos: Mohamed WassimProtecting the protectorates
On a visit to South Sinai, Yasmine Fathi checks the environment
Desert rose
Dena Rashed finds a unique Cairene refuge -- in need of urgent attention
Pinning down pollution
A newly released environmental report reveals how industrial development vies with the struggle for pollution control in Egypt, reports Mahmoud Bakr
The life-giving briefcase
Amany Abdel-Moneim finds an easy way to make children environmentally aware
Money versus history
Basalt mining threatens one of the world's richest preserves of ancient fossils, writes Mahmoud Bakr
Protecting ancient heritage
In the framework of the Egyptian-Italian environmental cooperation programme, a twinning agreement has been signed between the Wadi Al-Rayan protectorate in Fayoum and the Italian National Park of the Gran Sasso and the Laga Mountains, writes Mahmoud Bakr
The wave on the horizon
Shall we be ready when the next tsunami strikes? asks Koïchiro Matsuur

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