The Environment Authority-Abu Dhabi, an institutional member of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) official sponsor of the AFED's annual conference, to convene on 29-30 November in Beirut. This was announced by AFED's Secretary General Najib Saab in his speech at the annual conference of the International Federation of Consulting Engineers, which convenes in the South Korean capital. During its conference in Beirut, AFED will release its report on Arab Ecological Footprint. The conference in Seoul is attended by about 1200 delegates from 90 countries. The theme of this year's conference is "Beyond Green: a New Paradigm."