West Asia and Middle East News
Pet sea turtle finds freedom in the Red Sea
A pet sea turtle that has been held in captivity for most of its life finally made its way back home to the Red Sea. The male sea turtle, named Halashka, was captured by a fisherman in Aqaba’s southern sea port in Jordan nearly three years ago and sold to a pet shop in Amman. …
05 Jan 2009 | News - News story
Three WCPA Guidelines on Protected Areas translated to Arabic
In a step towards enhancing the understanding for better management of protected areas in the West Asia region, IUCN West Asia/Middle East Regional Office has taken the lead to translate three WCPA Guidelines on Protected Areas Management to the Arabic Language. …
20 Nov 2008 | News - News story
How to Design and Implement a Public Awareness Campaign?
Spreading environmental awareness in the West Asia region is one of the major focuses of IUCN West Asia/Middle East Regional Office. A regional workshop on “How to Design and Implement a Public Awareness Campaign” was conducted by Capacity Building International Germany (InWent) in partnership with IUCN WAME during October 26-30, 2008 in Amman – Jordan. …
01 Nov 2008 | News - News story
Over 5 billion of the world's population is expected to live in urban areas by 2030
By the end of this year a first-time record of 3.3 billion people, more than half of the world’s population, are expected to live in urban areas according to the UN. …
27 Oct 2008 | News - News story
Young Sea Lions from West Asia participate in Sailing to Barcelona
Four young children from West Asia have participated in the Sailing to Barcelona initiative during the IUCN World Conservation Congress. Those young leaders; aged 12 to 14, have sailed all the way from the Red Sea along with eight other kids, starting from Saudi Arabia, stopping in Jordan, Lebanon and Greece. Four of those children arrived in Barcelona on October 4th along with other world leaders who met in Barcelona to discuss and influence the future of the planet. The children where accompanied by a TV crew who filmed the whole journey. …
09 Oct 2008 | News - News story
Abu Dhabi Announces New Fund for Species Conservation
A new fund that places species conservation at the forefront of the environmental debate was announced on the sidelines of the IUCN World Conservation Congress (WCC). The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund is a 25 million Euro endowment fund established by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, who hopes to make a genuine contribution to species conservation worldwide when the Fund’s operations commence in January 2009.
09 Oct 2008 | News - News story
Leaders Inspire the world
VIPs gather on board Prince Turki Bin Nasser’s boat “Sarah”
Barcelona, Spain, 9 October 2008 – Sustainability leaders from around the world gathered on board Prince Turki Bin Nasser Bin Abdulaziz’s yacht “Sarah” in Barcelona, where they shared their inspiring ideas and thoughts about the environment and the pressing need to face the global environmental challenge. …
09 Oct 2008 | News - News story
Rewarding Ecosystems ... Rewarding People
Have ecosystems really an economic interest for people? And are people really interested to make sure that ecosystems will not degrade? Those questions were raised during the Rewarding Ecosystems in the West Asia session on October 7th, 2008, during the IUCN World Conservation Congress. The session discussed the benefit exchanged between the ecosystems and people, highlighting this dual challenge and focusing on conditions in the West Asia. …
08 Oct 2008 | News - News story
World leaders share success stories in Barcelona
Background: Global leaders from different parts of the world will be joining the World Sustainability Leaders VIP Dialogue hosted on board the Yacht of HRH Prince Turki Bin Naser Bin Abdelaziz, President of Presidency of Meteorology and Environment in Saudi Arabia on October 7, 2008, in Barcelona. This yacht will carry selected global leaders who will share their success stories and best practices in their countries and organizations. This event is held during the IUCN World Conservation Congress taking place between 5-14 October, 2008 in Barcelona. …
28 Sep 2008 | News - News story
IUCN and PERSGA build capacity to deal with Middle East ship groundings
IUCN and the Regional Organization for Conservation of Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (PERSGA) recently joined forces to deliver a training course on the Economic Valuation of Damage by Ship Grounding on Coral Reefs. …
29 Aug 2008 | News - News story
