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Deserts
The First Crossing of the
Empty Quarter
by Wilfred Thesiger (from the book, "Arabian Sands") The Physics of Blown Sand
by William Langewiesche (from the book, "Sahara Unveiled") Types
of dunes
(US Geological Survey)
Plants and flowers
The flora of Soqotra
A site developed by the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, describing the rare flora on this
remote island off the southern coast of Arabia.
The
Argan tree
This remarkable tree grows only in parts of Morocco, surviving drought, preventing soil
erosion and providing food for people and goats alike. (In French)
Birds Falconry
The ancient sport of the Bedouin Ornithological Society of
the Middle East (OSME)
Information for bird-watchers in the Arab world
The sea
Pearl fishing
Dangerous life of divers in the Gulf Young
Kuwaitis revive lost craft of pearl diving
By Haitham Haddadin. (Reuters,
September 2, 2003)
Pollution
An Environmental Assessment of Kuwait Seven Years after the Gulf
War
Summary of a report by the Green Cross International, August 1998.
Full report (PDF files): Executive
Summary | Part
1 | Part
2 | Part
3 | Part
4
Kuwait,
war and environment
Transcript of Green Cross documentary for CNN
Human
and ecological consequences of the Gulf War's environmental
damages in Kuwait
Presentation by Bertrand Charrier to the UNCC, 25 January, 2000
The
black desert
Oil lakes, and other environmental consequences of the 1990
invasion. The Guardian, 16 August, 2000
Environment Public
Authority
Government website
An Environmental Assessment of Kuwait Seven Years after the Gulf
War
Summary of a report by the Green Cross International, August 1998.
Full report (PDF files): Executive
Summary | Part
1 | Part
2 | Part
3 | Part
4
Kuwait,
war and environment
Transcript
of Green Cross documentary for CNN
Human
and ecological consequences of the Gulf War's environmental
damages in Kuwait
Presentation by Bertrand Charrier to the UNCC, 25 January, 2000
Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
(OPEC)
The official website (note that not all Arab countries are members)Oil and the non-OPEC countries
US Energy Information Administration fact-sheet
Oil
and the ancient world
The
earliest Arab oil industries
Land of the Naphtha Fountain Oil weapons
As used in the siege of Constantinople (680 CE)
Oil transit chokepoints
Places of strategic importance to world oil trade: the Suez Canal, Bab al-Mandab (Red
Sea), and the Strait of Hormuz (US Energy Information Administration)
Camels The
Arabian camel (dromedary)
Wikipedia A-Z of the Arabian Camel
(arab.net)
Camelus
dromedarius
Its height, weight, habitat, diet, etc.
See how it moves
Video clip of a camel in action; takes time to download (Oakland Zoo)
Camels
and their cousins
The camel is related to the llama, the alpaca, the vicuna and the guanaco.
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