I hope I will not end up writing a title similar to Gabriel Garcia Marquiz’s “One hundred Years of Solitude”. Of course no way can I even get close to a masterpiece by the great Colombian Nobel Laureate but my absence from updating this blog in the last 40 days, added to another month of absence in March causes a lot of concerns, at least to myself about the sustainability of this blog. I am not... [read more]

  Tomorrow I will be flying to the beautiful Alexandria to participate and act as a rapporteur in a debate conference entitled "Future of Sustainability in the Arab World" which will jointly organized by IUCN and Bibliotheca Alexandrina. This will be a great chance for me to be back to the massive scientific and cultural icon of Bibliotheca Alexandrina and get another dose of firm belief of the... [read more]

It has been a long month since I last posted an article or a news item in this blog. It is not an indicator of loosing interest but rather a state of disorganization in time management. I guess one of the main reasons why blogs will not turn out to be a reliable source of continuous information, compared to traditional media is the fact that blogs are vulnerable to the social and economic conditions... [read more]

The Arab Environment Monitor blog is always searching for new ideas and modifications of its focus seeking to provide a unique source of information with a specific identity. While reviewing the past 14 months of the AEM lifespan, and analysing the content posted at this blog I have came to realize that this blog offers a good source of information about the diagnosis and monitoring of environmental... [read more]

It has been about 25 days since the last update at the Arab Environmental Monitor. This is the longest period of inactivity since the blog was established. There is no one particular reason behind this but a package of factors contributed including some exceptionally heavy work deadlines and a series of health conditions associated with winter problems. This period of "hibernation" has been useful... [read more]

  I have been on a low blogging diet for the past two weeks. I have been focusing all my time on finishing my current employment as a national coordinator for a GEF/ UNDP project called National Capacity Self Assessment for Global Environmental Manageent (NCSA) which aims at defining national capacity constraints for the implementation of global environmental conventions for biodiversity, desertification... [read more]

This blog was created in February 2006 as a virtual platform for updates and analysis of the Jordanian environmental issues and now I have decided to expand it into an Arab platform targeting the Jordanian, Arab and international environmental community.   I am an Ecologist by profession and education, and have worked for 10 years in environmental management with local and international organizations... [read more]

Blogging has developed into one of the most exciting and interactive media revolutions to be recorded in the information technology and outreach history. The phenomenon that has started a few years ago as a platform for expressing personal thoughts and reflections, has turned into a major alternative media outlet and increasing impact. The strongest added value for blogs are their simplicity and... [read more]