EcoPeace
| EcoPeace Middle East (EcoPeace) |
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| purpose | Use and project work in environmental protection and regional development |
| Chair: | Munqeth Mehyar (Amman), Nader el Khateeb (Bethlehem), Gidon Bromberg (Tel Aviv) |
| Establishment date: | 1994 |
| Number of employees: | 65 |
| Seat : | Amman , Bethlehem and Tel Aviv |
| Website: | www.foeme.org |
EcoPeace Middle East is an organization that works for environmental protection and peace in the Middle East . It is active in Jordan , Palestine and Israel . The aim is to protect the common nature in the region. EcoPeace wants to promote sustainable development and at the same time create the basis for long-term peaceful coexistence in the region. EcoPeace has offices in Amman (Jordan), Bethlehem (West Bank) and Tel Aviv (Israel).
history
EcoPeace was founded on December 7th 1994 at a meeting in Taba (Egypt) . At that time, Egyptian, Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian environmentalists met for the first time to join forces and promote environmental protection and regional development in the entire region. That is why EcoPeace describes this 1994 meeting as "historic".
job
EcoPeace works primarily in the planning and implementation of infrastructure projects that have an impact on the Israel, Jordan and Palestinian territories. The issue of water supply plays an important role both from the point of view of environmental protection and from the point of view of conflict avoidance.
EcoPeace plays a leading role in the conservation of the Dead Sea, which threatens to dry up due to various anthropogenic influences. EcoPeace works for sustainable regional development in the area around the Dead Sea.
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- ↑ a b Dead Sea needs world help to stay alive by Ahmad Khatib, Agence france presse, 11/25/09.