Ambiente - Salute - Diritti Umani - Nutrizione - Agricoltura

The Ministry of Environment and Water yesterday came under fire from members of the Federal National Council, which accused it of not having plans to tackle environmental emergencies, failing to lead environmental efforts and not cooperating with non-governmental organisations (NGOs). (...)
Members of the House also expressed concern over efforts to combat desertification. They warned that desertification was “one of the greatest environmental challenges” for the UAE, which lost 34.39 per cent of its green areas between 1999 and 2007, with the Ministry of Environment and Water “doing nothing to stop or reverse this problem.” (...)

The article:

http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/environment/environment-ministry-taken-to-task-over-poor-planning-1.1006954

Past...present:

http://www.fabiomanzione.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4763:united-arab-emirates-the-island-of-happiness-revisited&catid=46:diritti-umani&Itemid=105

Passato...prossimo:
http://www.fabiomanzione.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2163:far-piovere-nel-deserto-un-miracolo-o-una-disgrazia&catid=33:ambiente&Itemid=58