Egypt
- Daily Photo - Wadi El Hitan, Faiyum
Obedient to Fred's promptings, here's a short explanation of today's photos. Wadi el Hitan, the Valley of Whales, is located within the Faiyum Depression. It contains the fossilized remains of plants and sea creatures which lived here when...
- Unesco Places Gebel Qattrani On The Natural Heritage List
Egypt State Information Service Today is a good day - here's another post about an area close to my heart: Minister of Environment Maged George said that a comprehensive file about Qatarani Mountain in el-Fayyoum was prepared to be presented to UNESCO...
- Valley Of The Whales - Wadi Al Hitan
Al Ahram Weekly (Mahmoud Bakr) In an event organised by the Ministry of Environment, Mrs Suzanne Mubarak inaugurated the Valley of the Whales Protected Area in Fayoum. The valley is part of the Wadi Al-Rayan Protected Area, 150km southeast of Cairo and...
- Faiyum Whales To Become Part Of Nature Reserve
Egypt State Information Service Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak inaugurates Sunday 10/2/2008 the International Whales Nature reserve of Al Fayoum in celebrations to be organized by the Environment Ministry on the occasion of the UNESCO'S choosing this nature...
- Pm Calls For Protecting Fayoum Ecological Sites
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o170825i.htmAn Egyptian State Information Service bulletin: "A comprehensive investment plan for all Fayoum Governorate's natural and heritage sites is urgently needed," Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said Tuesday....
Egypt
Developing the Faiyum Whales Valley area
http://tinyurl.com/b29my (Egypt State Information Service)
"The ministerial committee formed by Prime Minister Dr. Ahmed Nazif to develop Al-Hitan (Whales) valley area as a nature reserve held its second meeting to consider a plan for the purpose. The governor of Fayoum said that the meeting dealt with the results reached in light of recommendations submitted at the first meeting and the work program proposed since the area was declared a nature reserve by the UNESCO. Excavations of a group of fossilized whales dating back to about 40 million years were found in this area in addition to some other excavations of Sharks. Geologically the area dates back to almost 54 million years".
"The ministerial committee formed by Prime Minister Dr. Ahmed Nazif to develop Al-Hitan (Whales) valley area as a nature reserve held its second meeting to consider a plan for the purpose. The governor of Fayoum said that the meeting dealt with the results reached in light of recommendations submitted at the first meeting and the work program proposed since the area was declared a nature reserve by the UNESCO. Excavations of a group of fossilized whales dating back to about 40 million years were found in this area in addition to some other excavations of Sharks. Geologically the area dates back to almost 54 million years".
- Daily Photo - Wadi El Hitan, Faiyum
Obedient to Fred's promptings, here's a short explanation of today's photos. Wadi el Hitan, the Valley of Whales, is located within the Faiyum Depression. It contains the fossilized remains of plants and sea creatures which lived here when...
- Unesco Places Gebel Qattrani On The Natural Heritage List
Egypt State Information Service Today is a good day - here's another post about an area close to my heart: Minister of Environment Maged George said that a comprehensive file about Qatarani Mountain in el-Fayyoum was prepared to be presented to UNESCO...
- Valley Of The Whales - Wadi Al Hitan
Al Ahram Weekly (Mahmoud Bakr) In an event organised by the Ministry of Environment, Mrs Suzanne Mubarak inaugurated the Valley of the Whales Protected Area in Fayoum. The valley is part of the Wadi Al-Rayan Protected Area, 150km southeast of Cairo and...
- Faiyum Whales To Become Part Of Nature Reserve
Egypt State Information Service Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak inaugurates Sunday 10/2/2008 the International Whales Nature reserve of Al Fayoum in celebrations to be organized by the Environment Ministry on the occasion of the UNESCO'S choosing this nature...
- Pm Calls For Protecting Fayoum Ecological Sites
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o170825i.htmAn Egyptian State Information Service bulletin: "A comprehensive investment plan for all Fayoum Governorate's natural and heritage sites is urgently needed," Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said Tuesday....