1st Sustainability Forum: Regional Future of Sustainability Debate in the Arab Region: Voices from the South
On the occasion of the World Environment Day, the IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, West Asia Middle East (WAME) Regional Office in cooperation with the Bibliotheca Alexandrina is organizing the 1st Sustainability Forum entitled Future of Sustainability Debate in the Arab Region: Voices from the South, which will be held on 4th of June, 2008 at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

This Forum, co-organized by Bibliotheca Alexandrina and IUCN WAME and funded by Ford Foundation, will encourage multi-stakeholder reflection and will help devise commitment for action. Moreover, it will integrate local and regional knowledge into a new generation of sustainable development thinking and practice; and help embed biodiversity and ecosystem values into mainstream economic and social sectors.

This initiative is inspired by discussions on The Future of Sustainability idea. A base document entitled The Future of Sustainability: Rethinking Environment and Development in the Twenty-first Century has reviewed humanitys progress towards sustainability and the main challenges facing humanity at the beginning of the twenty-first century, including the risks and costs of climate change and continuing loss of biodiversity.

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Mrs. Rania Faouri, Session Moderator, IUCN, during the Future of Sustainability Forum.   
Mrs. Fedaa Haddad, debate moderator, IUCN WAME, during the Future of Sustainability Forum.   
From left Dr. Riyad Hamzah, Arabian Gulf University and Dr. Salah Soliman, Special Advisor, Bibliotheca Alexandrina during Dr. Soliman welcome speech in the opening in the Future of Sustainability Forum.   
Future of Sustainability Forum participants during the morning session.   
Mr. Raji Hatter, ARAMEX International, Jordan, and Dr. Naoufel Ziadi, Economic and Social Researches and Studies Center (CERES), Tunisia, during the Future of Sustainability Forum.   
Future of Sustainability Forum participants during the morning session.   
Future of Sustainability Forum participants during the morning session.   
Future of Sustainability Forum participants during the morning session.   
Future of Sustainability Forum participants during the morning session.   
A group photo of the Future of Sustainability participants at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Plaza   
Future of Sustainability Forum participants during the morning session   
Future of Sustainability Forum participants during the morning session