The palm tree has been cultivated by humans for almost 5,000 years. This began in the Middle East with the Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) but soon expanded to other regions with other palm species.

Thanks to globalization and climate change, the pest has spread to 60 countries, attacking coconut, date and oil palm plantations, and costing millions of dollars in damages.

The UAE, like many other Arab countries, owes a lot of its development to a single tree, the date palm, whose origins can be traced back to the Neolithic era and is believed to have been ...

Genetic differences between Middle Eastern and North African date palms show two distinct varieties of the tree. There are two possible explanations for this: either domestication took place ...

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Opening the Middle East Green Initiative Summit at Cop27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced plans to reduce global carbon levels by 2.5 per cent by ...

Muscat – The Middle East Green Initiative (MGI) took a significant step forward during its first ministerial council session in Jeddah on Wednesday with a bold pledge to plant 50bn trees across the ...

A palm isn’t necessarily a tree and a coconut isn’t necessarily a nut. Botanically the fruit is a drupe, not a nut. Use of palm trees. The palm tree has been cultivated by humans for almost 5,000 ...