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Transboundary Environmental Management in the Arava and Beyond

Please join us for an insightful seminar on environmental issues facing the Middle East.

Tuesday, September 09, 2008
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
UCLA School of Law
405 Hilgard Ave.
Los Angeles, CA United States

Water scarcity.  Air pollution.  We are all incredibly aware of the environmental issues facing Southern California and how much more challenging the situation becomes when multiple municipalities, states, or even countries are involved.  Imagine then how difficult the situation must be in the Middle East, where environmental challenges demand cooperation not only from neighbors but from historic enemies.

Please join us on September 9 for an enlightening and inspiring program featuring environmental experts from Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority who have championed the field of trans-boundary environmental cooperation through the model of the ground-breaking Arava Institute for Environmental Studies (www.friendsofarava.org).    Learn about how the Arava Institute has advanced the mission that "Nature Knows No Borders" and how the Institute's successful model can be relevant to addressing challenges in our own region.

At 5:00 p.m., join us for an in depth seminar at the UCLA School of Law, suitable for academics, researchers, policy makers, and others. Our panelists include:

Clive Lipchin, Director of Research, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies

Shmuel Brenner, Faculty Member, Arava Institute, Former Senior Deputy Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection

Samer Talozi, Associate Professor, Bioenvironmental and Irrigation Engineering Department, Jordan University of Science and Technology

Nader Al-Khateeb, Director, Palestinian Authority Water and Environmental Development Organization, and Palestianian Director of Friends of the Earth Middle East

Peter Gleick, co-founder and president of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security, who will present the keynote on the relevance of Southern California environmental issues to the Arava Institute model.

Cost: Free

Special Instructions

Advance registration is appreciated; space is limited to 175. For detailed information on this program, please visit www.friendsofarava.org or to make an advance registration, please email david@friendsofarava.org.

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Download File: Arava Inst flier.pdf

Sponsor(s): Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, UCLA Law, Friends of the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, UCLA School of Law Evan Frankel Environmental Law & Policy Program, UCLA Institute of the Environment, The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, and Hadassah of Southern California