VOL. XXXV

NO. 4

28-OCTOBER-1991

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Allocates $450mn for Gulf Environmental Clean-up, EstimatesTotal Rehabilitation Bill at $2.7bn

Saudi Arabia has allocated $450mn to clean up 150 sites along its northernGulf shoreline spoiled by oil pollution, according to Dr. Nizar Ibrahim Taufiq,vice president of Saudi Arabia's Meteorological and Environmental ProtectionAdministration (MEPA). The Saudi coastline suffered severe environmental damageduring the Gulf war when millions of...