Ford Grants award USD90,000 to 13 environmental projects across the Middle East

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The recipients of the 2005 Ford Motor Company Conservation & Environmental Grants for 2005 (GCC/Levant Chapter) are:

• Public Survey on the Environment in the Arab World (Stage 2), submitted by the Environment & Development (Al Bia Wal Tanmia) magazine, Beirut, Lebanon, in the category of Environmental Education.
Grant awarded: US$6,000.

• Re-introducing Gazelles in Jordan's Ajloun Nature Reserve, submitted by the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature, Amman, Jordan, in the category of Environmental Education.
Grant awarded: US$7,000.

• Protection of Exposed Roots in Trees, and Preventing the Erosion of Soil in Mountainous Areas, submitted by Tarek Mohammed Amin Al Abbasi, Riyadh, KSA, in the category of Natural Environment.
Grant awarded: US$10,000.

• Study and Protection of Marine Turtles on the Syrian Coastline submitted by Mohammed Juny of the Syrian Nature Protection Society, from Lattakia, Syria, in the category of Natural Environment.
Grant awarded:US$5,000.

• Environment News Website, submitted by Abdul Hadi Al Najjar, Homs, Syria, in the category of Environmental Education.
Grant awarded: US$5,000.

• "Recycling" Comedy Play, submitted by Hussein Tubayshat, Mahmoud Saymeh and Ahmed Al Koufahi, from Amman, Jordan, in the category of Environmental Education.
Grant awarded: US$5,000.

• Teachers Capacity Building Workshop on Ecological Footprint, submitted by the Emirates Environmental Group, UAE, in the category of Environmental Education.
Grant awarded: US$7,000.

• Awareness Campaign for School Students in Tyre Coast Nature Reserve submitted by the Tyre Coast Nature Reserve, Lebanon, in the category of Environmental Education.
Grant awarded:US$5,000.

• Zoo Education as an Approach in Carnivore Conservation submitted by Mounir R Abi-Said, Lebanon, in the category of Environmental Education.
Grant awarded: US$10,000.

• Reef Monitoring Project submitted by the Emirates Diving Association, UAE, in the category of Environmental Education and Natural Environment.
Grant awarded: US$5,000.

• Water Conservation Pilot Project (Re-use of Gray Water in Landscaping) submitted by Tareq Ghazi Al-Zabet, Qatar, in the category of Conservation Engineering.
Grant awarded: US$10,000.

• Field Guide to Flora of Jabal Al Arab submitted by Chikhali Mwaffak, Damascus, Syria, in the category of Natural Environment.
Grant awarded: US$5,000.

• Nature Encyclopedia for Children submitted by the Bahrain Natural History Society, Bahrain, in the category of Environmental Education.
Grant awarded: US$10,000.

Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Mich., manufactures and distributes automobiles in 200 markets across six continents. With nearly 325,000 employees and 110 plants worldwide, the company's core and affiliated automotive brands include Aston Martin, Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lincoln, Mazda, Mercury and Volvo. Its automotive-related services include Ford Motor Credit Company and Hertz. For more information regarding Ford's products, please visit www.fordvehicles.com.

Ford Motor Company's history in the Middle East goes back more than 50 years. The company's local importer-dealers operate more than 40 facilities in the GCC and directly employ more than 3,500 people, the majority of whom are Arab Nationals.

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