The United Nations has made the commitment that it will plant seven billion, or 7,000,000,000, trees by the end of 2009. The United Nations Environment Programme launched this major worldwide tree planting campaign to help the environment and teach the world about how important trees are to our survival. 'News Flash! MORE >>

Tighten your city’s green belt on World Habitat Day: Plant trees everywhere, in cities all over the Middle East. Or the old-fashioned model of the Jewish National Fund to plant trees everywhere in Israel. But in a new move, a United Nations body urges cities of the world (and the people who live in them – that’s us!) MORE >>

spoke to Walid Saleh, MENA Regional Programme at the United Nations University-Institute for Water, Environment, and Health, about his work at the HIMA Global Initiative and the opportunities and constraints they are facing. Do You WANA Green The Middle East? As such, it helped establish social harmony in various communities. MORE >>

Palestine is neither a country nor a state, but Palestinian people living in the West Bank and Gaza are vying for their own sovereignty and recognition by the United Nations. Business & Politics Travel & Nature Canada Israel Israel-Palestinian conflict Palestine UNESCO United Nations US Yemen MORE >>

He told the gathering of heads of State, international economists, business leaders and representatives of civil society that to avoid national and global “disaster&# will require balanced development that will lift millions out of poverty and, at the same time, protect the planet and ecosystems that support economic growth. The U.N. MORE >>