Saudi Arabia’s Voluntary Carbon Market Fuels the Shift to a Low-Carbon
Under UAE President’s directives, UAE launches urgent relief response for Ghana flood victims
Combating Desertification and Drought: Qatar a Model in Preserving Natural Resources, Establishing Environmental Stability
UAE allocates US$30 million for emergency humanitarian response in El Obeid, calls for civilian protection, safe humanitarian aid access in Sudan
Amman, August 18 (Petra) – Gaza’s available farmland is “rapidly
shrinking” due to the westward shift of Israel’s Yellow Line, warned
the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Tuesday.
Undamaged and usable farmland dropped by 25.5 percent in eight
months, shrinking from 601 hectares last October to just 448 hectares
by late June, according to a FAO and UN Satellite Centre (UNOSAT)
joint study.
Extensive damage left most accessible farmland in Gaza unusable. As a
result, only 3 percent of the strip’s total arable land remains both
undamaged and open to farmers.
//Petra// HA
