A selection of deforestation, pollution statistics (air and water pollution), as well as information on extractives activities, and their concessions/licences.
Question | Answer | Comment |
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Available free of charge | Yes | |
Downloadable | Yes | |
Publicly available | Yes | |
Openly licenced | No | |
Up-to-date | No | |
In an open and machine-readable format | HTML, PDF | |
Digital data | Yes | |
location | https://www.capmas.gov.eg/Pages/StaticPages.aspx?page_id - Data on major extractives and mining projects, https://www.eeaa.gov.eg/ar-eg/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B6%D9%88%D - Air pollution | Water pollution: The Ministry of Environment has programs to improve the quality of fresh water. But there are no pollution levels available. Oil concessions https://www.petroleum.gov.eg/en/Investment/Pages/Concessionmap.aspx# Deforestation: see ODIN 2016 |
Collected by government | Yes | |
findable_steps | Data found in the ministry of environment, under Air quality reports. | https://www.eeaa.gov.eg/en-us/topics/air/airquality/airqualityreports.aspx |
characteristics | Air pollution levels, Extractives activities | |
Controlled access | Yes | |
Collector name | Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Health and Population, Ministry of Petroleum | The Ministry of Health and Population is responsible for monitoring drinking water quality. The Ministry of Petroleum provides oil concession maps of the Gulf of Suez, but not for Egypt. Also the concession map only shows the boundaries of a concession area, but no details on the status of the concession for example. Metadata is not provided and it is hardly understandable what companies are provided the concession https://www.petroleum.gov.eg/en/Investment/Pages/Concessionmap.aspx# |