Environmental Impact of Tourism in the Gulf of Aqaba
Author(s)
Obeidi, T.
Abstract
The environmental plight of the Gulf of Aqaba has forced long- standing enemies to realize that their cooperation with one another is important. The Peace Accords signed on 7 September 1994 between Israel and Jordan stipulates the cooperation in “environmental protection and that which affects people, natural resources and environmental assets in both countries.” Jordan and Israel will also focus on alleviating marine pollution in the Gulf of Aqaba with its coastline shared by the two countries. The accord also covers environmental planning and management, including exchange of data on projects “possessing potential impacts on their respective environments.” Individual countries in the Middle East would survive a great deal easier with environmental resources. Environmental activity has been influential in recent times, and the five TED cases under scrutiny all involve preventing further environmental degradation.
