Re: "On the Lebanon side of the border..."
Inviato da Paxtibi il 6/8/2006 23:03:38
Alcune informazioni piuttosto interessanti per comprendere meglio il quadro delle operazioni israeliane in Libano.
INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT
This programme aims to further the rural development of the Baalbek-Hermel area and includes agricultural guidance and advice, health, social services, potable and irrigation water supply (rehabilitation of secondary water networks, boreholes and irrigation channels), auxiliary services (encouraging local industries, loans to farmers and artisans, assisting production of handicrafts, supporting companies) as well as development studies for different sectors. The second phase of this project, expected to finish by the end of 2000, has been extended to the end of April 2001 in order to finalise preparation of the third phase and to secure financing. This extension is being financed by CDR.
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Water Disputes in the Jordan Basin Region (pdf)
However, hydrological matters undeniably represent an additional dimension to the Arab-Israeli conflict; a dimension the relative importance of which has been growing over recent years. Water resources in the Middle East are scarce by nature, and most of them are transboundary. Competition over the utilization of shared resources is therefore pre-programmed. Moreover, the catchment areas of water systems often coincide with disputed land. Israel, e.g., receives more than half of its water resources from occupied Arab territories. Therefore territorial and hydropolitical interests are
highly intertwined in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Water scarcity is increasing year by year due to persistent population growth, over-exploitation, and pollution of existing resources. A solution to the hydrological crisis is certainly not a sufficient condition for a lasting peace in the region, but it is nevertheless an indispensable one.
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The Beka'a Valley
The Beka’a is characterized by a strongly developed agricultural exploration with differing land-use patterns. For centuries, the soils in the valley have been cultivated extensively, but four decades ago agriculture was intensified. The Beka’a has become Lebanon’s prime agricultural area, producing around 37 % of all domestic fruits and far more than half of all domestic cereals, industrial crops and vegetab1les.
INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT
This programme aims to further the rural development of the Baalbek-Hermel area and includes agricultural guidance and advice, health, social services, potable and irrigation water supply (rehabilitation of secondary water networks, boreholes and irrigation channels), auxiliary services (encouraging local industries, loans to farmers and artisans, assisting production of handicrafts, supporting companies) as well as development studies for different sectors. The second phase of this project, expected to finish by the end of 2000, has been extended to the end of April 2001 in order to finalise preparation of the third phase and to secure financing. This extension is being financed by CDR.
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Water Disputes in the Jordan Basin Region (pdf)
However, hydrological matters undeniably represent an additional dimension to the Arab-Israeli conflict; a dimension the relative importance of which has been growing over recent years. Water resources in the Middle East are scarce by nature, and most of them are transboundary. Competition over the utilization of shared resources is therefore pre-programmed. Moreover, the catchment areas of water systems often coincide with disputed land. Israel, e.g., receives more than half of its water resources from occupied Arab territories. Therefore territorial and hydropolitical interests are
highly intertwined in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Water scarcity is increasing year by year due to persistent population growth, over-exploitation, and pollution of existing resources. A solution to the hydrological crisis is certainly not a sufficient condition for a lasting peace in the region, but it is nevertheless an indispensable one.
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The Beka'a Valley
The Beka’a is characterized by a strongly developed agricultural exploration with differing land-use patterns. For centuries, the soils in the valley have been cultivated extensively, but four decades ago agriculture was intensified. The Beka’a has become Lebanon’s prime agricultural area, producing around 37 % of all domestic fruits and far more than half of all domestic cereals, industrial crops and vegetab1les.
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