Population: 451,442 (July 2000 est.)  Land Area: 21,980 sq km  Coastline: 314 km (Source:  CIA World Factbook 2000)

Djibouti     Contacts  Basic Data  Country Report on Djibouti: Background Information for the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environmental Strategic Action Program (SAP) Other Online References Links   Contacts Dr. Dirar Hassan Nasr Assistant Coordinator Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (PERSGA) PO Box 1358 Jeddah 21431, Saudi Arabia     (top)         (Source:  CIA World Factbook 2000)   Country Report on Djibouti This Country Report on Djibouti was put together to provide background information to the SAP process. SAP (The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environmental Strategic Action Program) is a Global Environment Facility (GEF) project being jointly executed by the World Bank, UNDP, and UNEP through the Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (PERSGA), based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. This partnership of the littoral states, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen and international agencies aims to preserve the fragile environment of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden by preventing pollution and unplanned coastal development .  The complete report may be downloaded from:  http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/essd/RedSeaWorkspace.nsf (top)   Other Online References Country Information for Djibouti: Environmental Issues (top)   Links United Nations Environment Programme - Djibouti (In French) (top)

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