The emirate is striving to protect the environment while making the most of its natural resources. Abu Dhabi faces a confluence of environmental pressures that it is looking to address. This presents opportunities for investment and foreign partnerships in resource monitoring and management systems, green technology solutions, and best practice outreach and awareness campaigns. The EAD,...
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Chapter | Environment from The Report: Abu Dhabi 2014
Plans to build a new desalination plant on the Gulf of Aqaba are moving forward. While critics argue that the $1bn project, which aims to address a chronic water shortage and save the shrinking Dead Sea, is expensive and potentially damaging, advocates insist the need to proceed couldn’t be clearer.
Chapter | Agriculture & Forestry from The Report: Gabon 2013
Gabon aims to significantly increase its domestic food security by 2020, while also working to expand its cash crop exports. An integral part of efforts to diversify the economy away from dependence on oil, successful implementation of its agricultural strategy will have a major impact on its balance of payments and generate significant employment growth. The government has initiated a wide-...
Long viewed as a bastion of stability in the Central African region, thanks in part to large hydrocarbon revenues that have helped it maintain one of the highest levels of per capita income in the region, Gabon has been able to leverage its diplomatic clout throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
A by-product of rapid economic growth, the volume of solid waste generated by Qatar has been increasing steadily in recent years. While the government is looking to reduce this output by encouraging waste minimisation and recycling efforts, investments in additional processing facilities will likely be necessary.
Economic update | Mongolia cleans up its energy act
22 Aug 2013
The government in Mongolia is taking steps to clean up its reputation when it comes to the environment, with a green development policy planned, a huge wind farm opening and the Ministry of Environment and Green Development confronting the mining industry. However, balancing growth with green objectives is still proving a challenge.