Economic Benefits of Access to a Healthy Lower Jordan River for Palestinian Economy

This report highlights the importance of a healthy Jordan River for the economic benefits of the West Bank, and to foster Palestinian political and public support for the rehabilitation of this historical river.

Six development options are highlighted within the paper, and each option could be considered as one piece of a larger plan towards the sustainable development of the Palestinian economy.

This report takes as its starting point the necessity of securing fair access and equitable allocation of freshwater resources for the development of the Palestine economy.

Contact information	Mira Edelstein, Resource Development, Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) (email: mira@foeme.org)
News type	Inbrief
File link	http://foeme.org/uploads/13014715250~%5E$%5E~Economic_Benefits_to_a_Healthy_Jordan_River_Palestinian_Economy_2011.pdf
File link local	Healthy_Jordan_River_Palestinian_Economy_2011.pdf (PDF, 1115 Kb)
Source of information	Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME)
Subject(s)	ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , WATER QUALITY
Relation	http://www.emwis.net/thematicdirs/news/2011/04/model-water-agreement-between-israel-and-pa
Geographical coverage	Palestine,
News date	06/04/2011
Working language(s)	ENGLISH