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These findings make it clear that the region may be rapidly approaching a situation where the imbalance between domestic supply and demand for ecological services places a limit on future growth and well-being. This report thus aims to encourage decision-makers, and the general public, to incorporate ecological accounting into their daily practices so that the region can maintain a competitive advantage well into the future. ―Ecological Footprint and Sustainability Options in the Arab Countries‖, Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia (AFED), 01/08/<strong>2012</strong>, online at: http://mideastenvironment.apps01.yorku.ca/?p=5564 BACK TO TOP Page 85
Islamic Bank Allocates Nearly $1 Billion USD for Water, Energy, Food Security in Africa, Central Asia Saudi Arabia, JEDDAH — The Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has announced $912.8 million USD in funding for development projects in a number of member countries in Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. Bank officials said they approved $274.8 million USD last week for food security and rural development projects in Cameroon, Chad, Uganda, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Mauritania and Togo. These projects involve providing irrigation water to agricultural lands to increase productivity and improve food security, and improving overall irrigation systems. The IDB also approved $683 million USD for hydropower generation and transmission projects in five member countries -- Morocco, Tunisia, Iran, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. According to the bank‘s board chairman, Ahmad Mohamed Ali, this is the largest amount of funds the bank has allocated at one time since its inception in 1975.   Bank officials also stressed earlier this month that they would fund reconstruction and development projects in Afghanistan. Ali said the IDB would offer loans to the Afghan government for agriculture and energy projects. The bank has already provided $95 million USD for water, irrigation, agriculture and energy projects there. In its annual report, the bank reported that around 63.8 percent of its loans in 2011 went toward water, sanitation and energy projects. It handled $5.2 billion USD worth of loans that year. The funds offered by the bank are considered soft loans, since they are interest-free. ―Islamic Bank Allocates Nearly $1 Billion USD for Water, Energy, Food Security in Africa, Central Asia‖, 02/08/<strong>2012</strong>, online at: http://www.ooskanews.com/daily-water-briefing/islamic-bank-allocates-nearly-1-billion-usd-water-energyfood-security-africa-c BACK TO TOP Page 86
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33% decrease in Garmian wheat produ
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Arab Spring Must Also Weather Envir
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Water Crisis in the West Bank and G
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Palestinians struggle for access to
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