67,273,906
(July 1999 est.)
Land Area:
Total: 1,001,450 sq km
Land: 995,450 sq km
Water: 6,000 sq km
Coastline:
2,450 km
(Source: CIA World Factbook 1999)
Egypt
M.A. Fawzi
Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency
Water and Coastal Areas Protection Department
17, Teiba St. -El Mohandeseen
Giza, Cairo, Egypt
http://pap.gradst.hr/fuka.htm
(Information provide by Sorensen 2000
Database of ICM Efforts)
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
Egypt Government on-line (MisrNet)
http://www.misrnet.idsc.gov.eg/english/index.htm
Egyptian Environment Affairs Agency
http://www.eeaa.gov.eg/
(Source: CIA World Factbook
1999)
OCEAN AND COASTAL AREAS
Many thanks are due to the United Nations Commission on
Sustainable Development, the source of the information
below. The information was taken from Egypt's submission to
the 5th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development
(last update: April 1997). For further information on social
and economic factors, natural resources, and institutional
structures in Egypt see the United Nations System-Wide Web
Site on National Implementation of the Rio Commitments
National Information for Egypt at:
http://www.un.org/esa/agenda21/natlinfo/countr/egypt/index.htm
The Navy Border Patrol and the Egyptian Environment Affairs Agency (EEAA) assume responsibility for Egypts ocean and coastal area policies. An Integrated Coastal Zone Management Strategy has been developed by the EEAA and is being prepared for distribution and implementation.
Under the umbrella of the Gore-Mubarak initiative, the Environmental Sustainable Tourism Project aims at promoting the new concept of eco-tourism through implementation of various pilot activities in the Red Sea Region and the development of a National Environmental Sustainable Tourism Strategy.
Egypt has signed all regional and international
agreements regarding the protection of seas and coastal
zones. A number of ongoing projects in the Red Sea and on
the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea, including ecotourism,
reflect the priority that this issue holds with
decision-makers.
This Country Report on Egypt 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 country report on Egypt may be downloaded from: