17,479,206 (July 2000 est.)
Land Area:
527,970 sq km
Coastline:
1,906 km
(Source: CIA World Factbook
2000)
Yemen
- Contacts
- Basic Data
- Country Report on Yemen: Background Information for the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environmental Strategic Action Program (SAP)
- Other Online References
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
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(Source: CIA World Factbook
2000)
This Country Report on Yemen 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 on Yemen may be downloaded from: