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ISRAEL:
The representative from Israel said that the
solutions to environment and development must be concerned with
technology and industry. Nearly every problem has a technological
and scientific solution. Regional cooperation is important and the
Mediterranean Action Plan is an excellent example. The first
session of the CSD emphasized transfer of technology to enhance the
capacity of developing countries and Israel supports the CSD
intersessional meetings. Israel's research and development has been
directed to returning deserts to productive, fruit-bearing soil.
Israel's National Desert Research Institute at Ben Gurion
University is engaged in this activity and Israel invites all
countries to participate in this venture, especially its neighbors,
as there is a need for practical solutions to desertification. The
central role of the CSD should be an inter-governmental forum for
exchange of information. This week in Cairo, an environmental
working group within the peace process declared 1994 as the Year of
the Environment in the Middle East.