Our PhD student at the faculty of science, Ms. Mona Karnib, participated in the Arab Forum for Environmental Development (AFED 2012) conference entitled “Ecological Foot Print in Arab Countries” that was held at Phoenicia hotel on 29 & 30 November. She had a short talk in the “Future Leaders forum” panel about the importance of awareness campaigns and workshops in addition to the governmental support to save our diminishing environmental resources.