Rubbish Solutions for Kabul
Officials and residents blame each other for overcrowded city’s waste problems.
20 Jan 11
Officials and residents blame each other for overcrowded city’s waste problems.
Air pollution in late autumn got so bad that even the crows fled the capital.
As the largest natural reserve in Lebanon, Shouf’s Cedar Forest gets special attention from local authorities, who want to preserve its unspoilt nature while promoting it as an ecotourism destination.
Farmers concerned that poaching of predator species allows pests to get out of control.
Mining firm denies re-opening waste site for use will create health hazard for local population.
But authorities say there’s no other way of ridding the city of the menace.
State-backed environmentalists happy to criticise Tajik pollution, but not their own government’s actions.