Gidon Bromberg (; born November 26, 1963) is the Israeli director of

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(formerly Friends of the Earth Middle East). EcoPeace is a regional organization that brings together

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ian,

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and

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to promote sustainable development and advance peace efforts in the

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. It has offices in

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and

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, employs 40 paid staff and actively involves hundreds of volunteers. Bromberg founded the organization under the name of EcoPeace in 1994 and has been the Israeli director ever since. In 1997, he led the entry of the organization into

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, the largest grassroots environmental organization in the world. He has spearheaded the organization's advocacy campaigns both in Israel and internationally. He developed its particularly notable cross-border community peace-building project "Good Water Neighbors", which is now seen as a model for other programs in conflict areas. Bromberg speaks regularly on water, peace and security issues in various forums. He has presented before the UN Commission for Sustainable Development, the

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, the European Parliament and the advisory meeting to the UN High Level Panel on Security. He is a member of the Israeli Inter-Ministerial Committee on the Future of the

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, of the Israel UNESCO World Heritage Committee and the Inter-Ministerial Committee for Sustainable Development in Israel. In 2007, Mr. Bromberg was invited to join the

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's International Task Force for Preventive Diplomacy. Most recently, he was selected for the 2007 World Fellowship at Yale University on global leadership. Bromberg is an attorney by profession and previously worked in public interest environmental law. He is a member of the

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. He holds a Bachelor of Economics and a law degree from

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. As a fellow of the

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, he completed a master's degree in international environmental law at the

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He has published over twenty academic and popular publications concerning Middle East environmental policy and

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issues.

Awards

EcoPeace's three co-directors at the time - Gidon Bromberg (Israel), Munqeth Mehyar (Jordan) and Nader Al-Khateeb (Palestine) - were honored by ''

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'' magazine as Heroes of the Environment (2008) and the organization was granted the prestigious Skoll Award in 2009."Skoll Foundation Adds Seven Organizations to its Portfolio of Leading Social Entrepreneurs - $5.35 Million in Unrestricted Grants Will Provide Flexibility in Challenging Economic Environment". Press Release: March 12, 2009. http://www.skollfoundation.org/media/press_releases/internal/031209.asp EcoPeace also received a 2008 SEED Finalist Award.

Published works

Op-eds: principal author

"Let common sense flow". ''Haaretz'' online. October 12, 2008."Will it save the Dead Sea?" bitterlemons-international.org: Middle East Roundtable. June 24, 2005.

EcoPeace Middle East Reports: co-author

Environmental Peacebuilding Theory and PracticeIdentifying Common Environmental Problems and Shared SolutionsGood Water NeighborsMunicipal Cooperation across Conflict Divides - A Preliminary StudyNature, Agriculture and the Price of Water in IsraelEconomic Valuation of Resuscitating the Dead SeaAdvancing Conservation and Sustainable Development of the Dead Sea Basin - Broadening the Debate on Economic and Management IssuesLet the Dead Sea LiveDead Sea ChallengesOne Basin - One StrategyJordan River Peace Park Pre Feasibility StudyHow Past Trans-boundary Security Arrangements Can Change the Future of Peace Parks in the Tri-partite RegionFoEME Report on the Proposed Red Dead ConduitRed Sea-Dead Sea Conduit - Geo-Environmental Study Along the Arava ValleyA Seeping Time Bomb: Pollution of the Mountain Aquifer by Solid Waste
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EcoPeace Middle East website

References

External links

EcoPeace Middle East website

* ttp://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/09/gidon-bromberg-foeme-interview-one.php Treehugger interview with Gidon Bromberg - part one an
part two

Video

Gidon Bromberg on the Jordan River Peace Park

Gidon Bromberg - Peace through environmental activism

Gidon Bromberg on the Good Water Neighbors Project

Good Water Neighbors and youth - "Green Mideast Peace"

EcoPeace Middle East Eco-Park in the Zeiglab Basin, Jordan Valley
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