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| Jurisdiction | Government of Egypt |
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The Ministry of Environment is the ministry is responsible for environmental affairs in the Arab Republic of Egypt. The current minister is Yasmine Fouad. [1]
It was established in 1997, and has since focused ministry in cooperation with all development partners to identify environmental vision and outline of environmental policies in Egypt. [2] The policies of the ministry are executed by the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency. [3]
In 2014, the Ministry and Italy signed an agreement to make El Gouna, a Red Sea City, carbon neutral. [4]
In 2017, the European Union and Egypt finalized plans for environmental and other projects valued at 600 million Euros. [5]
In late 2017, the Ministry announced they had seen a reduction of 13-15% in the burning of rice by rice farmers, a practice that causes a black toxic cloud. [6] [7]
In 2021, the Ministry became a member of GWCN (Global Waste Cleaning Network). [8]
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