Egypt
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6180
"Established in 1989, the Petrified Forest Protected Area, outside Maadi, was set up to preserve a piece of fossilized forest dating from some 35 million years ago when Egypt’s climate was both cooler and wetter, and the vegetation and fauna very different from today. It is an area of great geological significance, an outdoor laboratory for students and a haven for its current desert denizens. Its importance as such was recognized in its declaration as a protected area, yet now, barely 16 years later, the Ministry of Housing and Development allegedly wants to build over a significant portion of the reserve, citing “lack of development and construction in [the] Protected Area."
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Egypt
Threat to the Petrified Forest Protected Area
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6180
"Established in 1989, the Petrified Forest Protected Area, outside Maadi, was set up to preserve a piece of fossilized forest dating from some 35 million years ago when Egypt’s climate was both cooler and wetter, and the vegetation and fauna very different from today. It is an area of great geological significance, an outdoor laboratory for students and a haven for its current desert denizens. Its importance as such was recognized in its declaration as a protected area, yet now, barely 16 years later, the Ministry of Housing and Development allegedly wants to build over a significant portion of the reserve, citing “lack of development and construction in [the] Protected Area."
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Egypt Today (Farida Helmy) While the layman in Fayoum would probably welcome the idea of a project bringing in income and job opportunity to the quiet governorate, experts are far less eager. Fayoum is Egypt’s oldest city and is located 130 kilometers...
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Egypt Today (Farida Helmy) Egypt is a naturalist’s dream. With oceans, oases, deserts and mountains a plenty, you would think eco-tourism would be big here. Much of the nation’s touristic income, however, comes from traditional, block hotel rooms...
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Al Ahram Weekly (Amira El-Naqeeb) After a week full of work, a night out with friends on the weekend or chilling out in front of the tube won't do it for me. I decided to pack for a short and easy trip to Wadi Al-Rayan. Although Fayoum governorate...
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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...