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| Applied Research Institute in Jerusalem Research focused on environmental protection and sustainable development |
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| Biodiversity Planning Support Progranmme Arab States database A database of consultants in the Arab States region working on Biodiversity (recommended by John Hough, GEF New York). It was developed with support from UNDP-GEF's Biodiversity Planning Support Programme |
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| Center for Environment and Development for the Arab Region & Europe (CEDARE) Cedare's main mission is to build capacity of its member countries, promoting skills in environmental management, transfer of technologies, environmental education, and development of environmental policies. |
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| Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) An independent NGO within Columbia University providing information to help scientists, decision-makers, and the public better understand the changing relationship between human beings and the environment. The site has interactive data access and mapping tools. |
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| Dryland People The Drylandpeople website aims to promote the sustainable, equitable, participatory and decentralized management of natural resources in Dryland MENA, through accumulating collective learning into social practices, thereby contributing to improved livelihoods, poverty reduction, and long term ecological and economic sustainability. |
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| Equator Initiative The Equator Initiative, a joint initiative between UNDP, IDRC, TVE and UNF, has been designed to support the World Summit on Sustainable Development and the Convention on Biological Diversity. The initiative seeks to promote a worldwide movement to reduce poverty along with the conservation, sustainable use and equitable sharing of benefits from biodiversity. |
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| Global Environment Facility (GEF) The official web site of GEF. |
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| Global Environment Resource Group(intranet- requires UNDP user name and password) | |
| International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) The center carries out regional research and implements projects on agricultural productivity. |
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| Jordan Environment Society Environmental NGO providing Information through the media, publications and projects, training and professional development |
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| Mediterranean Environment Technical Assistance Program (METAP) Supported by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the European Commission, the European Investment Bank (EIB), and the World Bank, the METAP was established in 1990 to bring together the Mediterranean countries to cope with and reduce the effects of environmental degradation. |
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| Middle East Desalination Research Center Located in Oman, the MEDRC is an international organization dedicated to basic and applied research in desalination technology. The Center seeks to bring together scientists, engineers, water policy-makers and water system ooperators in the Arab region to work on areas of research that will reduce the cost of desalination technology. |
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| Middle East Sub-Regional Database on Desertification The objective of this website is to make the database developed on Desertification widely accessible for both future storage and retrieval primarily by all the parties to the Middle East Peace process and secondarily by all interested parties in the region as well as globally. The website will help to provide updated information readily available to users at all levels; community leaders, extension officers, educators, planners and decision-makers. It will also allow regional input of additional relevant information and facilitate communication among parties involved in combating desertification and service regional initiatives. |
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| The Arab Healthy Water Association (AHWA) AHWA is an NGO, affiliated with the Healthy Water Association (HWA) of the USA. AHWA's mission is water education through conservation and awareness to protect water resources in the Arab world |
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| Training Center for Natural Resources Conservation (TCNRC) The intention of the centre is to provide training for the Saudi Arabian National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development (NCWCD) staff to build its capacity in the field of wildlife conservation. Also, the Centre has managed to design and execute more than 30 specialized training courses in various aspects of environmental management and awareness. |
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| Water Demand Management Research Network (WDMRN) MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA Aims at enhancing applied research and the effective dissemination of research findings to policy makers, water end-users and the public. |
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| World Summit for Sustainable Development (Johannesburg Summit) The Official UN website for the Johannesburg Summit. Other related links are UNDP's WSSD site which includes important information on preparatory activities and the Linkage's Portal to the Summit 2002 which also has valuable information about the different preparatory national, regional and international activities. UNDP staff can also access an Intranet site on WSSD which has information packages for UN country teams. |
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