Volume 12, No.115, October 2007
4 Environment in presidential platforms editorial by Najib Saab
16 The eternal plastic bag (cover story)
24 Foreseeing a nuclear catastrophe in the Middle East concerns about the Israeli Demona reactor
28 Environment in Kuwait public survey
32 Standing or falling together tackling climate change
35 AFED's Arab corporate environmental responsibility summit in Abu Dhabi preview
40 Cedars of the Atlas mountains
43 Ospreys in UAE
44 Costa Rica, the land of birds and volcanoes
52 Montreal protocol after 20 years the most successful international environmental agreement
56 Desertification conference in Madrid new mechanisms but no funding
58 Athletes, let thirst be your guide
Letters Environment in a month 8 UNEP news 22 new science 58 Environment market 62 Green library 63 Calendar 64
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