Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

UNEP acknowledges the contributions made by many individuals and institutions in the preparation of AGEDI Regional Study and CD. A special word of thanks goes to the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi and AGEDI for providing the funding for this project and for reviewing the documents. We acknowledge with thanks the work done by CEDARE on integrating the national and regional reports into the integrated AGEDI regional Study and the production of the CD. Our thanks are also extended to ECODIT Liban for implementing the integration of the reports as a consultant to CEDARE. Our special thanks go to the encouragement and support provided by Mr. Majid Al-Mansouri, Secretary General of the Environment Agency of Abu Dhabi, and Dr. Habib Elhabr, Director and Regional Representative, UNEP Regional Office of West Asia. We are also thankful for the support given by Dr. Jaber E. Al-Jabri, Director of Environmental Protection Division, EAD.

We acknowledge and thank the authors and the production and support team as follows:

National Reports:

*Country*	*National Expert/Author*	*Institution*
Bahrain	Waleed K. Al-Zubari	Arabian Gulf University
Egypt	Moheed Abd El-Sattar Ebrahim	Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency
Jordan	Ahmad Thaljij Qatarneh	Ministry of Environment
Kuwait	Abdul Nabi Al-Ghadban	Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
Lebanon	Karim El-Jisr	ECODIT Liban
Oman	Mohammed bin Saif Al-Kalbani	Ministry of Regional Municipalities, Environment and Water Resource
Occupied Palestinian Territories	Naim Mahmoud Al-Khatib	Environmental Quality Laboratory
Qatar	Sayed Jamal Bukhari Mubarak Khalifa Al-Dosari	Supreme Council for the Environment and Natural Reserves
Saudi Arabia	Ahsanullah Khan	Presidency of Meteorology and Environment
Syria	Yahia Awaidah	Consultants for Sustainable Development
UAE	Anil Kumar	Environment Agency Abu Dhabi
Yemen	Ahmed Salem Muskat Jamalat Hassan Abdo Ali Al-Aghbari	Planning and Data Environment Protection Agency Ministry of Water & Environment Protection Authority

Regional Reports:

*Institution*	*Author*
Program for the environment of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden (PERSGA)	Ahmed Abdel Rehim
Center for Environment and Development in the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE)	Hossam Allam
Arabian Gulf University (AGU)	Mohammed Ait Belaid
The Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ASCAD)	Abdallah Droubi

Integrated Regional Report

Lead Author:

Karim El-Jisr (ECODIT Liban)

Contributing Authors:

Adel Farid Abdel-Kader (UNEP-DEWA West Asia)

Ahmed Abdel-Rehim (CEDARE)

Hossam Allam (CEDARE)

Saud Amer (USGS)

Production and Support Team

Regional Coordination:

Adel Farid Abdel-Kader (UNEP-DEWA West Asia)

Integrated study, CD and Web Production:

Hossam Allam (CEDARE)

Ahmed Abdel-Rehim (CEDARE)

Environment Agency Abu Dhabi Review Team:

Mohammad Al Jawdar, Anil Kumar, Yasser R. Othman, Jane C. Glavan, Ahlam A. Al Marzouqi

Support Team:

Matthew C. Broughton and Hiba Sadaka (UNEP-DEWA West Asia), Youssef EL-Maraghy and Hisham Hamdy (CEDARE), Nicole A. Stephanou (EAD)

Participants of the Regional Meeting on Experiences & Best Practices in Environmental Information Development & Management in West Asia, 9 – 10 January 2005, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E

Dr. Abdul Nabi Al-Ghadban, Dr. Abdulbasit S. Sairafi, Mr. Abdul Aziz Abdulla Al-Midfa, Eng. Abdulla Ali Al-Danhani, Eng. Abdul Rahman Al-Marzouqi, Mr. Abdalla Essa Zamzam, Dr. Abdullah Droubi, Dr. Adel F. Abdel Kader, Eng. Adel Mohamed Al-Hajeri, Mr. Ahmad Mahmoud Mohammad Said, Dr. Ahsanullah Khan, Mr. Ahmed Salem Mulkat, Mr. Ahmed Abdel Rehim, Dr. Ahmed Gamal Atalla, Mr. Anil Kumar T. P., Mr. Ateeq Khalfan Al-Muhairi, Dr. Dessougi L. A., Mr. Dave MacDevette, Ms. Entesar Ahmed Al-Hosani, Eng. Faisal Ali Al-Hammadi, Eng. Firas Asfour, Mr. Hanna Nasr, Mrs. Habiba Al-Marashi, Dr. Habib El-Habr, Mr. Habib Zaatar, Eng. Hazem H. Qawasmeh, Mrs. Hiba Sadaka, Eng. Ibrahim Ahmed Khuluti, Mr. Jaap van Woerden, Dr. Jaber E. Al-Jabri, Ms. Jane Glavan, Mr. Karim El-Jisr, Ms. Leila Y. Al-Hassan, Mr. Majid Al-Mansouri, Mr. Mazen Malkawi, Mr. Mansour S. Al-Falasi, Mr. Mohammed El-Hafiz Abdulwahid Ahmed, Mr. Mohammed Abel Hamyd Dawoud, Mr. Mohammed Y. Al-Jawdar, Eng. Mohamed M. K. Al-Mehairy, Dr. Mohammed Ait Belaid, Dr. Mohammed Abido, Dr. Mohammed Al-Aawah, Mr. Mohammed bin Saif Al-Kalbani, Eng. Moheeb Abdl-Sattat Ebrahim, Mr. Mubarak Khalifa Al-Dosari, Dr. Mufeed Odeh, Mrs. Nicole Stephanou, Dr. Rafic Z. Makki, Mrs. Sabah Al-Jenaid, Dr. Salem Al-Dhaheri, Mrs. Shahira Wahbi, Mrs. Suhad H. Al-Shehabi, Mr. Tarek Mahmoud Mohamed Ibrahim,.A.E, Mr. Volodymyr Demkine, Mr. Yassin Ramahi, Mr. Jaap.van.Woerden.