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Mount Sinai NPR's Kate Seelye reports that tourists to Egypt's Mount Sinai are harming the region's fragile ecosystem. Now the government, in cooperation with the European Union, has established a protectorate where local Bedouins and residents participate in conservation efforts.

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NPR's Kate Seelye reports that tourists to Egypt's Mount Sinai are harming the region's fragile ecosystem. Now the government, in cooperation with the European Union, has established a protectorate where local Bedouins and residents participate in conservation efforts.