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Water
Water resources and use
(Aquastat, food and agriculture organisation)
Qat farmers: a drain on the
nation's water
by Mutahar Zeid Mutahar (Yemen Times, 18.1.99)
Yemen:
towards a water strategy
World Bank, 1997
Yemen's
water crisis
By Christopher Ward, of the World Bank (British-Yemeni Society
Journal, 2001)
Getting dug into Sheba's Terraces
The Guardian, 24 January, 1992
Responses
to water scarcity
Social adaptive capacity and the role of environmental information -
a case study from Ta'iz, Yemen. By Y Mohieldeen, SOAS, London, 1999.(PDF file)
Monitoring
qat with earth observation data and geographic information system techniques
A study in the region
of Jabal Sabir, Ta'izz, Yemen. By K Leung, SOAS, London, 1999.
(PDF file)
Water
demand management, natural resource reconstruction and traditional value systems
A case study from Yemen, by G Lichtenthäler and A R Turton, SOAS,
London, 1999.
(PDF file) Water
resources information in Yemen
By Qahtan Yehya al-Asbahi, National Integrated Water Resources Management
Program, Yemen (IWG-Env, International Work Session on Water Statistics, Vienna, June 20-22
2005)
Approaches
to potable water in Yemen
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
See also al-bab's water
page
Energy
Energy in Yemen
Detailed information about oil, refining, natural
gas and electricity, plus a general overview of developments and
prospects (United States Department of Energy). Oil
and the non-OPEC countries (including Yemen)
US Energy Information
Administration fact-sheet
Oil and gas in the Yemen
By Michael Whittall (British-Yemeni Society Journal)
Bab
al-Mandab
The
importance to world oil trade of the strait connecting the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden,
and the potential effects of its closure (US Energy Information Administration)
For more about oil and gas, see Yemen's
economy page
Flora and fauna
Wildlife
conservation initiatives in Yemen
by Derek Harvey (British-Yemeni Society Journal, December 1999) Wildlife in Yemen
Jack Jackson describes the areas most worth visiting (Arabian
Wildlife. Volume 2, Number 2)
Wildlife
and conservation in eastern Yemen
by Michael. C. Jennings - Yemen Update 34 (1994: 20-22)
Royal Botanic Garden
(Edinburgh)
A fascinating website with information about the flora of the Soqotran
Archipelago.
Naturalist
in Socotra
by Dr Wolfgang Wranik, University of Rostock. Report from a biologist who took part in a
Unesco mission to the island in 1993 - Yemen Update 36 (1995: 8-11)
Forests
in Yemen
Trees
and nature in the Shari'a
by Martin Herzog
Tracking
locusts - in Yemen and far beyond
by George Popov (British-Yemeni Society Journal, November 1998)
Botany,
incense and myrrh
by Helene Barthey - Yemen Update 39 (1997: 52 -53)
Utmah Wildlife Sanctuary
This area, noted for its natural history, was declared a protected zone in 1999.
(Yemen Times, 13 March, 1999)
Birds
Birds of Yemen
A brief overview by Richard Porter (British-Yemeni Society Journal)
Bird-watching
in Yemen
Illustrated report of a trip in 1992 by John van der Woude (Netherland)
Ornithological Society of
the Middle East (OSME)
Information for bird-watchers in Yemen and other Arab countries
Yemen
bird sightings in 1995
(OSME reports)
Summary
of the OSME Survey of Southern and Eastern Yemen and Socotra: Spring 1993
by P. Davidson - Yemen Update 36 (1995: 12, 33)
Yemen
Society for the Protection of Wildlife
Yemen
hotspots (for bird life)
Birds
of Yemen (Wikipedia)
Urban environment
A commentary on Yemeni
traditional architecture
by Derek Matthews (British-Yemeni Society Journal) Shibam
Organisation of World Heritage Cities
Shibam Historic City
World Monuments Watch
Sanaa's
old city
Organisation of World Heritage Cities
Zabid
Organisation of World Heritage Cities
Restoration of the 'Amiriya
Detailed description of a project to restore the 16th century madrasa in Rada
(American Institute for Yemeni Studies) Qudâd: The traditional Yemeni
plaster
by Selma al-Radi - Yemen Update 34 (1994: 6-13)
Defensive
architecture in Yemen
by David Warburton - Yemen Update 33 (1993: 20, 21) In
the shadow of a master
by Trevor Marchand. Minaret building techniques (British-Yemeni Society
Journal, July 2002)
Selected articles and links
Community
development through co-operation by A. G. Milroy, Arid Lands Initiative Contemporary
wooden fishing craft of Yemen
Boat-building in the Tihama and Gulf of Aden, by Edward Prados - Yemen Update 40 (1998:
5-8)
Oriental Institute
Investigations in Yemen - archaeological findings with environmental relevance.
Paleontological
reconnaisance in Yemen
Ian Tattersall, James Clark and Peter Whybrow on the trail of a fossilised frog -
Yemen Update 37 (1995: 21-24) |
