In a previous article, we talked about what ecosystem services are and why this concept, first presented in the 2005 document, now has an impact on the legislation of entire countries. To understand the topic better, I continue to refer to the explanations of zoologist Oleksiy Vasyliuk, the head of the Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group […]
The Persian Gulf ecosystem and biodiversity are being destroyed due to mismanagement, overexploitation, and lack of supervision, Tehran Times states. Criticizing the internal and external threat to Persian Gulf biodiversity with domestic and foreign issues, Issa Kalantari, head of the Iranian Department of Environment (DOE), said that “Persian Gulf biodiversity has been abandoned due to […]
Ecosystem services are the many and varied benefits to humans provided by the natural environment and from healthy ecosystems. Such ecosystems include, for example, agroecosystems, forest ecosystems, grassland ecosystems and aquatic ecosystems. These ecosystems, functioning in healthy relationships, offer such things like natural pollination of crops, clean air, extreme weather mitigation, and human mental and […]
The first cargo ships from Dubai that docked last year in the Mediterranean port of Haifa were met by a celebration in Israel. Flags waved, reporters gathered. The prime minister walked the pier and gave a speech about the fruits of making peace. There were no celebrations, however, when oil tankers began arriving at the […]
Saudi Arabia has continued its global outstanding performance, outperforming 180 countries in two indicators of environmental performance, ranking first in the Tree Cover Loss and Wetland indicators, Gulf News reported. This is in addition to surpassing 172 countries in preserving and protecting natural environments and preventing the extinction of rare animal species, ranking eighth in […]
MEED’s 2021 Smart Construction Virtual Summit, a one-day event held by MEED, will take place on Wednesday 16 June from 9:00AM to 5:00PM GST. MEED, abbreviated from the former name Middle East Economic Digest, is a business intelligence tool for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It announced the event on its site, everyone […]
Ever since oil was discovered in Bahrain in 1932, the country has witnessed rapid economic growth and development mainly due to the processing of crude oil and exporting refined products across the world. The oil powered economic activity also attracted the migrant population to the extent that eventually 48 % of the population comprised of […]
Biodiversity loss is a global phenomenon. Driven by habitat degradation, climate change, the introduction of invasive species, and other anthropogenically induced factors, around 1 million of the 8 million plant and animal species on Earth are threatened with extinction. Increasingly, biodiversity loss is being recognized as a systemic risk with far-reaching consequences, including financial risks […]
The Sultanate of Oman took part on June, 7 in the 41st meeting of the GCC Undersecretaries of Environment, Oman News reports. Dr. Abdullah Ali al-Amri, Chairman of the Environment Authority represented the Sultanate in the virtual meeting. The meeting discussed working papers presented by the member countries to be submitted to the GCC Ministers […]
The European Commission plans to launch a deforestation initiative in September that will remove deforestation-related products from the supply chain to the European Union. This was stated by the European Commissioner for Environment, Ocean and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevicius in an interview with Euronews. “Shortly after the summer break, in September, we are going to present […]
