Tunisia's Environment
Tunis, January 2, 2009- The Green Party for Progress has recently published the first issue of its weekly newspaper, “Le Tunisien”. The 16-page bilingual (Arabic and French) publication, reports on the party’s recent congress, as well as the expectations of the Tunisian political scene and the strengthening of the opposition press landscape.
Incidentally, ...
Tunis, December 19, 2008- Somewhere among the forests of North Western Tunisia, stands the natural reserve of Djebel Khroufa, which stretches over some 125 hectares.
The reserve which is located between the towns of Nefza and Tabarka, is the sanctuary of one of the world’s endangered species, the “Mogod”, also known as the ...
Tunis, December 12, 2008- From December 1 to 12, 2008, the city of Poznan, in Poland, is playing host to a major United Nations event, Framework Convention on Climate Change. Some 12,000 representatives from 190 countries are taking part in the event, which aims at reaching an agreement about what is meant to ...
Soon, the Cap Bon wind turbines will be emulated by three other plants situated North of Tunisia, near Bizerta. The plants whose works should be completed by 2009, will produce some 120 MW of electricity, enabling the country to save 134,000 tons of petrol, and prevent the pollution by 330,000 tons of gas....
Tunis, August 27, 2008- A recently published study at the
University of Arizona (in Geophysical Research Letters , August 26,2008), has delivered precious data on wetness in North Africa over a period of 500 years.
A team led by Dr Ramzi Touchan, has studied tree ring data, in conifer trees in Algeria and Tunisia ...
Tunis, July 30, 2008- The Association of the Mediterranean Network for Sustainable Development (AREMEDD) and the national program of cleanliness and environmental embellishment, launched on Tuesday at la Marsa, north of Tunis, the 4th sensitization campaign for “a clean sea for all”. ...
Tunis, July 24, 2008 -- Tunisia and Japan have entrusted a team of experts from both countries to manage a Japanese fund destined to ecological projects on the African continent, as part of a triangular cooperation venture with Arab and African countries, to address the ...
