EXAMINING DEVELOPMENT AND
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS IN THE ARAB SOCIETY

Roundtable; organised by the Mossawa Centre, Haifa and the Heinrich Boell Foundation, Tel Aviv
Date: August 18
Time: 2-7pm
Venue: tba; Nazareth
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In general, the Arab community in Israel is not aware of the international debates on the environment and sustainable development. The Arab community in Israel did not participate in the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, and is not aware of the resolutions and implementation of Agenda 21.

As part of preparations for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, a group of Israeli environmental organisations cooperated to prepare a Shadow Report, designed to supplement and clarify the country report submitted by the Ministry of the Environment. The Shadow Report includes a section dealing with the particular issues faced by the Arab community in Israel.

This roundtable intends to present local preparations on the World Summit on Sustainable Development, highlighting the importance of the World Summit as a platform for the Arab minority in Israel and its specific problematic environmental situation. The roundtable will also discuss the Shadow Report and give the Alternative Planning Center the possibility to present solutions for the problematic environmental situation, from a developmental view.

The roundtable will also bring together environmental activists in order to initiate a forum on environment and development in the Arab sector as a follow up to the World Summit.