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HAMATA: On Egypt's Red Sea coast, fish swim among thousands of newly planted mangroves, part of a programme to boost biodiversity, protect coastlines and fight climate change and...

HAMATA, EGYPT (AFP) – On Egypt’s Red Sea coast, fish swim among thousands of newly planted mangroves, part of a programme to boost biodiversity, protect coastlines and fight climate change and its impacts. After decades of destruction that saw the mangroves cleared, all that remained were fragmented patches totalling some 500 hectares, the size of […]

For the first time ever, Egypt will participate in the 119th Rose Parade taking place on January 1, 2008 in Pasadena, California. Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and The Cairo-Los Angeles Friendship Committee will present a float made of roses, to celebrate the “Egyptian Treasures” to the millions of viewers around the world. | eTurboNews | Travel News |

Egypt unveils strategy to adapt to water shortages With a growing population, limited water resources, and the prospect of a decreased annual share from the Nile River, Egypt finds itself obliged to revert to water-saving agricultural practices. A farmer waits for the irrigation system to finish watering his field in Kafr al-Dawar village in northern Egypts Nile Delta, on Nov. 26, 2018. - MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP via Getty Images May 4, 2021 CAIRO — Egyptian authorities have disclos...

Egypt plans New Delta to boost food security Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered the implementation of a megaproject to cultivate 1 million feddans west of the Nile Delta in Lower Egypt. The project, dubbed New Delta, aims to create modern agricultural and urban communities as well as industrial complexes that operate in the field of agricultural production. An Egyptian farmer harvests wheat in Saqiyat al-Manqadi village in the northern Nile Delta province of Menoufia in Egypt...

Interview: Egypts mangroves project achieves environmental, climate, economic gains: official Source: Xinhua| Editor: huaxia   Beekeepers work in a mangrove forest in Safaga area, Red Sea Province, Egypt, Nov. 28, 2020. Egypts national project to expand mangrove forests along the coast of the Red Sea is meant to improve the environmental conditions, address climate change risks and achieve economic gains, an Egyptian official told Xinhua in a recent interview. Funded by the Ministry of Highe...

2020-12-13 13:36:01 GMT2020-12-13 21:36:01(Beijing Time) Xinhua English CAIRO, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Egypts national project to expand mangrove forests along the coast of the Red Sea is meant to improve the environmental conditions, address climate change risks and achieve economic gains, an Egyptian official told Xinhua in a recent interview. Funded by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and implemented by the Desert Research Center and Red Sea Province, the project w...