Cross border preservation of terraced landscape – a Good Water Neighbors Priority Initiative
The Mate Yehude Regional Council in Israel and the West Bethlehem villages in Palestine are two partnering communities of FoEME’s Good Water Neighbors project (GWN) launched one decade ago to raise awareness of the water problems shared by Jordanians, Palestinians, and Israelis.Over the last months, FoEME staff reached out to stakeholders, decision makers and funding […]
Good Water Neighbors Project Series Addressing Cross Border Air and Water Pollution from Industry
FoEME’s Good Water Neighbors project (GWN) launched one decade ago to raise awareness of the water problems shared by Palestinians, Jordanians, and Israelis.Over the last months, FoEME staff reached out to stakeholders, decision makers and funding bodies to identify the priority projects needing advancement in those communities. This consultation resulted in the development of Priority […]
Birds of a Feather
Every year farmers in the Jordan Valley lose the majority of their crops to pests. Through regional cooperation between Jordanian, Palestinian and Israeli farmers, a solution to the problem has been found in the form of none other than barn owls. In sharing and promoting the use of barn owls and kestrels as biological pest […]
Telling the Story of Auja’s water through the Auja Eco Center
Located in the Jordan Valley, North of Jericho, the municipality of Auja is facing environmental problems which are not unfamiliar to the region. The greatest obstacle in Auja is water scarcity, which is clearly manifested in the diminished flow of the Auja Spring, the main water source of the municipality.
A tour to a unique eco-cultural landscape, around the Palestinian village of Battir
On the 31st of August, a group of forty people participated in a tour jointly arranged by FoEME and the Jerusalem-based NGO Ir Amim, in the Palestinian villages of Walajeh and Battir. The visit was meant to raise awareness on the need to protect a unique cultural and heritage landscape, threatened by the Separation Barrier. Battir […]
Water conference makes for better neighbors
“Water” was the word on everyone’s lips at EcoPeace/Friends of the Earth Middle East’s Good Water Neighbors (GWN) conference staged in Jericho earlier this month. More than 250 representatives from Jordan, Palestine and Israel, along with international experts and scholars, gathered at Jericho’s InterContinental Hotel on September 11 and 12 to hear about the cross […]
Sand Cats
Sand Cats are the only types of felines that are able to survive the arid, hot and dry weather of deserts. They live in the deserts of Mauritania, Jordan, Algeria, Iraq, Israel, Yemen, Iran, Pakistan, Niger, Egypt and the Western Sahara. Sand Cats are able to endure temperatures ranging from -5 to 52 Celsius through […]
A Biosphere Reserve to protect the Dead Sea unique heritage?
Biosphere Reserves are sites established by countries and recognized under UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme to promote sustainable development based on local community efforts and sound science. They are places that seek to reconcile conservation of biological and cultural diversity and economic and social development through partnerships between people and nature, with cooperation […]
A Multifaith Journey of Hope to Israel, Palestine and Jordan
From 23rd April 2012 – 3rd May 2012, a unique tour took place in Israel, Palestine and Jordan, organized by Rabbi Frank Dabba Smith, and facilitated by FoEME. The tour group was comprised of members of Jewish, Islamic and Christian faiths, and focused on visiting sites that are important to all three major monotheistic religions. […]
From Music to Project Reporting: Interview with FoEME Staff Mira Edelstein
You already know about our mission. Now it’s time to meet the men and women behind the curtain. This is the second post in a series of interviews of FoEME staff and affiliates. We hope you enjoy getting to know us better! From music to environment and peace building, Mira Edelstein has made her way […]