Ford announces recipients of 2007-2008 Conservation & Environmental Grants

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The recipients of the 2007-2008 Ford Motor Company Conservation & Environmental Grants (GCC/Levant Chapter) are:

Jordan
• Home-based protectorate for Jordan's rare national flora submitted by Ahmad Mahmoud Jaber Al Shraiedeh, in the category of Natural Environment. Grant awarded: $2,000.

Kuwait
• Establishing green points in Kuwait submitted by Greenline Environment Group in the category of Environmental Education. Grant awarded: $10,000.

Lebanon
• Tree nursery for every school submitted by the Lebanese Appropriate Technology Association / Youth Environment Parliament, in the category of Environmental Education. Grant awarded: $10,000.
• Participative approach towards the creation of a natural national park submitted by MADA in the category of Environmental Education. Grant awarded: $5,000.
• Water for Life puppet show for Lebanese schools submitted by Eventa in the category of Environmental Education. Grant awarded: $5,000.
• Forest development and botanical journeys in the Mountains of Byblos submitted by ALDEC and Al Tilal Institute for Rural and Tourism Development in the category of Environmental Education. Grant awarded: $2,000.
• Educational program for awareness on biodiversity submitted by the University of Balamand - Institute of the Environment in the category of Environmental Education Grant awarded: $10,000.
• Pollution Map 2007 submitted by the Association for Forests, Development and Conservation in the category of Environmental Education. Grant awarded: $3,000.

Oman
• Post-Cyclone Gonu damage assessment of shallow marine habitats of the Gulf of Oman submitted by Environment Society of Oman, in the category of Natural Environment. Grant awarded: $10,400.

Saudi Arabia
• Conserving the medicinal and aromatic plants of Saudi Arabia submitted by Ibrahim Ali Al Hobeishi in the category of Natural Environment / Environmental Education. Grant awarded: $18,000.

Syria
• Reforestation of Mount Saydeh submitted by Natur Protection Society of Tartous in the category of Natural Environment. Grant awarded: $6,000.
• Flora Syria Online submitted by Mwaffak Chikh Ali in the category of Natural Environment. Grant awarded: $2,000.
• Greening of arid areas in coastal mountains in Syria submitted by Hazem Ahmad Suleiman and Rami Ezzat Mohammad in the category of Natural Environment. Grant awarded: $5,000.
• Lattakia Cleanup submitted by the Lattakia Cleanup Volunteer Group in the category of Natural Environment / Environmental Education. Grant awarded: $1,600

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Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Michigan, United States, manufactures or distributes automobiles in 200 markets across six continents. With about 230,000 employees and about 100 plants worldwide, the company's core and affiliated automotive brands include Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Volvo and Mazda. The company provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company. For more information regarding Ford's products, please visit www.ford.com.

Ford Motor Company's history in the Middle East goes back to nearly 60 years. The company's local importer-dealers operate more than 55 facilities in the region and directly employ over 4,000 people, the majority of whom are Arab Nationals. For more information on Ford Middle East, please visit www.me.ford.com.

Ford Middle East is also a responsible corporate citizen in the region, with the Ford Motor Company Conservation & Environmental Grants, a grass-root level program that has offered USD600,000 in grants to over 75 Middle Eastern environmental projects since 2000.