Parched land replacing Green Hills, irreversible reality? - © B. Ludvigsen 1996

Drought - Courtesy of ICARDA

Falling water levels, Lake Qaraoun, Beqaa Valley, Lebanon - © B. Ludvigsen 1995

Raw sewage, Beirut Corniche - © B. Ludvigsen 1998

Impact of politically neglected public infrastructure on garbage management, West Bank - © B. Ludvigsen 1996

Submarine pollution and trash, Amchit, Lebanon - © B. Ludvigsen 1995

Morning smog over Beirut - © B. Ludvigsen 1998

Loss of Biodiversity Courtesy of ICARDA

Association for Environmental and Developmental Studies in the Arab World

AEDSAW
(Founded in 1997)

An international academic association for scholars interested in raising awareness and discussing environmental and developmental problems in the Arab World.

ABOUT AEDSAW

The main objective of the Association for Environmental and Developmental Studies in the Arab World is to provide a forum for interested scholars of all disciplines to engage in discussing environmental and developmental problems and their solutions in the Arab world. This objective is being achieved through forming discussion groups, organizing panels, and presenting research in professional academic forums. It is also being achieved by having a website (which will be updated periodically) and an electronic list of association members for the purpose of professional networking and exchange of ideas. AEDSAW is affiliated -since 1999- with the Middle East Studies Association. AEDSAW organizational meetings and functions are held in conjunction with MESA annual conference. (Other meetings will be held in conjunction with the upcoming WOCMES meeting).

Founder, GLORIA SALIBA, CPhil UCLA, History Department Los Angeles, CA 90095-1405 USA gsaliba@ucla.edu

• CURRENT OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS

  • AEDSAW President : James A. Miller, Associate Professor of Geography, Department of History and Geography, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, < miller3@clemson.edu>
  • Secretary-Treasurer: Kinda Mohamadieh, Los Angeles, <kinda_mohamadieh@hotmail.com>
  • Board member: Dr. Sandra Sufian, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois-Chicago Medical School, sufians@uic.edu
  • Board member: Dr. Hussein A. Amery, Associate Professor, Liberal Arts and International Studies Division, Colorado School of Mines, hamery@mines.edu
  
  
• MEMBERSHIP

  To join AEDSAW, please send an introductory statement providing your full name, title and affiliation, address (including electronic), information on your country of interest and research topics- in addition to your membership check. AEDSAW membership fees are: $20 for fellows and professionals, and $5 for students.

  Membership enquiries to: Kinda Mohamadiehø <kinda_mohamadieh@hotmail.com>

• AEDSAW Website

  The purpose of this website is to provide you with general information about AEDSAW and its activities, and invite you to join us. Another purpose is to provide you with links to websites and resources on Environement and Development in the Arab World.

• AEDSAW ACTIVITIES

  • Mailing list

    AEDSAW has an electronic list that is used to communicate AEDSAW's updates, and information and announcements of interest to our members. To join, send an email to Gloria Saliba: gsaliba@ucla.edu

  • AEDSAW Media Review

    In addition to organizing/sponsoring panels (MESA/WOCMES), and keeping an electronic list AEDSAW Publishes AEDSAW Media Review. This publication aims at providing our members with information obtained from the Arab and world media on the crucial environmental and developmental issues currently making the news in this region. AEDSAW MEDIA REVIEW will be sent exclusively to AEDSAW members. Editor : Dr. Maha Broum (mbroum@hotmail.com); General Editor: Gloria Saliba, (UCLA, History Department, Los Angeles CA 90095-1405. Fax 310-206-9630)

  • International conferences

    Current Events Sessions at MESA (the annual Middle East Studies Association Conference) were initiated as an independent AEDSAW activity giving freedom to invite speakers and tackle issues of interest to the association.

    • The AEDSAW panel at MESA 1999 in Washington DC.
    • The AEDSAW current events session at MESA 2000 in Orlando, Florida.
    • The AEDSAW current events session at MESA 2001 in San Francisco:
    • AEDSAW activities at WOCMES 2002 in Mainz.
    • The AEDSAW current events session at MESA 2002 in Washington DC:

       

• RELATED ARTICLES
  • The Amber of Lebanon: an Ecological Museum of Fossils

  • "A Sober Approach to the Water Crisis in the Middle East"

  • Abu Ghnaim Environmental Impacts Assessment

  • "Experts agree on an action plan to beat water scarcity" (Amman, Jordan-Dec.99)

  • Arabian Oryx Sanctuary

  • Alternative Policy Study: Alternative Policy Study: Land and Water Resources in Arab African Countries

  • "Global Network on Plant Genetic Resources Information Exchange in the Framework of WIEWS"

  • Solar Disinfection of Drinking Water

   

• RELATED LINKS
• The Arab World Geographer
• Applied Research Institute, Jerusalem
• Environmental Health Unit, Birzeit
• Cornell Syria Project
• Middle East Water Information Project
• International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
• Environmental Health Unit at AUB, Beirut
• Arabian Wildlife 

 

• GENERAL LINKS
• Al Mashriq
• Middle East Studies Association (MESA)
• WOCMES - World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies
• DAVO: Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Vorderer Orient für gegenwartsbezogene Forschung und Dokumentation
• International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

   

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Studies in the Arab World
Editor: Gloria Saliba; Consultant: Maha Broum
Hananawwad@hotmail.com
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