American Univesity of Beirut

​ The following links concern the environment in the Arab world. This page will be updated regularly so please visit often. 

Please suggest additional resources or tell us if a link if brokern. Write us at: phaw-admin@aub.edu.lb

Audio Visual Materials

• Morocco: Solid Waste (WorldBank, 2010)
• The Jenin Solid Waste Management Project (WorldBank, 2010): (Eng, Ar)

Blogs

• Arab Environment Watch
• EcoMENA: Powering Sustainable Development in MENA
• Environment and Climate in the Middle East

Centers and Institutes

• Amman Institute for Urban Development
• Arab Urban Development Institute (AUDI)
• Center for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE) (Cairo, Egypt)
• Center for Environmental Health Activities  (WHO EMRO)
• Centre collaborateur de l'OMS en matière de Formation et de Recherche dans le domaine de l'Eau potable et de l'Assainissement (Morocco)
• Human Rights Watch - Environment (choose countries to the right)

Conferences and Meetings

• 7th International Conference on Health Issues in Arab Communities, 1-7 March 2015 (Muscat, Oman)
• 6th Annual Waste Management Middle East Forum, October 5-6, 2015 (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
• Arab Environment 5 : Ecological footprint (Annual Conference of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development), 29-30 November 2012 (Beirut, Lebanon)
• Arab Environment 8: Sustainable Consumption in the Arab Countries: How your consumption patterns impact the environment,  November 16-17, 2015 (Beirut, Lebanon)
• African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN)

Data and statistics

• Environment and Energy Statistics (United Nations Statistics Division)
• Environmental Performance and/or Sustainability Index (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation - OIC): Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
• Global Health Observatory Data Repository (WHO): Environmental Health  
• MDG 7: Environment sustainability (WHO)
• NationMaster.com: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine (Gaza Strip, West Bank), Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
• Quandl Financial & Economic Data:
• Energy: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
• The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC): Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
• Urban health: Health determinants (WHO): Urban outdoor air pollution

Education, Training and Research

• Capacity-building Workshop for North Africa and the Middle East on The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) / Convention on Biological Diversity
• Environmental Health Department, Faculty of Health Sciences,  American University of Beirut
• Institute of Environmental Studies and Research, Menoufiya University (Sadat, Egypt)

International organizations

• United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) / scroll down to Middle East
• Regional Office for West Asia (ROWA) / International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
• Panda Mediterranean projects

Journals and Newspapers

• البيئة الآن (online newspaper)
• آفاق بيئية (online journal)

Maps

• Global Health Observatory (GHO) Map Gallery (WHO): Environmental Health
• Global Footprint Network (Click on the country in the map)

Networks and Forums

• Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED)
• International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE) - Middle East & North Africa
• MENA Region Water Resources and Wastewater Network (World Bank)
• Middle East & North Africa Network of Water Centers (MENA-NWC)

Publications

• Environment in MENA - Sector Brief (World Bank)

Projects, inititatives

• Environmental Resources Monitoring (MoE) - Lebanon

Regional organizations

• Arab Towns Organization
• Arab Water Council

UN organizations​

• Environment Statistics, Indicators and Accounts Project (ESIAP) - UN ESCWA
• Environment and Energy, UNDP Regional Bureau for Arab States
• Regional Organization for Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (PERSGA) - UNEP
• Regio​nal Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME) - UNEP
• United Nations Environment Programme / West Asia (UNEP ROWA)