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Funded by the INVESTBANK (2012-2021) RSCN tries to promote organic farming practices in Ajloun. To achieve this goal, RSCN has developed a partnership with the A-Kifah Cooperative Society to support the organic agriculture program and the development of the “Al Shams Local Market Initiative” where products are marketed regularly at Wild Jordan Center.
The Asian Houbara (Chlamydotis macqueenii) is considered a rare and endangered species at global level. It lives and breed in semi-desert and grassland ecosystems. Remnant Asian Houbara populations are widespread with a migrant and a resident form. Resident birds are distributed from the Negev Desert to Western India up to South Turkmenistan, as well as through the Arabian Peninsula. Migrant birds winter in the range of resident houbara but breed in Turmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, China and Mongolia. In Jordan, the Houbara (resident and wintering migrant) was historically found within the borders of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Negev Deserts in Palestine adjacent to Wadi Araba. As a result of natural habitats destruction and hunting, this bird has almost disappeared from the wild late in this century. Through the efforts of the International Fund for Houbara Conservation (IFHC) to restore Houbara population in their former natural distribution range, the Royal society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) was contacted to cooperate in a restoration programme of Houbara in Jordan, starting with an experimental release of Houbara groups in the Jordan, then to development a long term project to sustain the species in the wild. The main aim that the project will achieve is “establish a viable population of Houbara Bustard in the known and historical distribution range in Jordan, in cooperation with all stakeholders and local communities around this range”. In addition; other goals that will be in target as national awareness programme specifically oriented to the restoration project of Houbara in Jordan including develop a specific Law enforcement and protection plan for the Houbara in the releasing sites and local communities’ development programme around the releasing sites. Also this project aims to apply specialized research and monitoring programme to assess its succession and capacity building programmes for the local staff.
Funded by BMZ and GIZ (2017-2022) On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN), are implementing a project with a dual purpose: Jordanian and Syrian workers improve green infrastructure. And, in return, receive urgently needed income. Women and men who are particularly in need are selected for this cash-for-work scheme. They plant trees, contribute to urban gardening and create picnic areas. The workers make parks, playgrounds and outdoor sports facilities useable once. Approximately 1012 workers will receive a further qualification in different areas, such as eco-tourism, gardening, life skills or financial literacy. The project is implemented over two years, starting from November.2017; in the reserves and in the surrounding villages. The project employs more than 2500 workers, providing at least two months’ work for each person.
Funded by GEF and UNDP (2018-2023) The Rift Valley/Red Sea flyway is the second most important flyway for migratory soaring birds in the world, with over 1.5 million birds of at least 37 species, including 5 globally threatened species, using this corridor between their breeding grounds in Europe and West Asia and wintering areas in Africa each year. The aim of this umbrella programme is to mainstream migratory soaring bird considerations into the productive sectors along the flyway that pose the greatest risk to the safe migration of these birds – principally hunting, energy, tourism development, agriculture and waste management. These different sectors have generated many of the environmental problems of the Rift Valley due to imbalance and overconsumption of the natural resources and land management. The project will be implemented in Jordan in the period of (2018 – 2023) by the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) in collaboration with Birdlife and after a generous fund from GEF and UNDP and aimed to adapt the MSB project regional guidelines to national needs in all productive sectors along the various land use classifications and patterns in order to control land categories (productive sector) and their development activities and addressing the threats relevant to five key sectors, energy, agriculture, hunting, waste management and tourism, and cuts across other sectors from a planning and regulation perspective.
Funded by BirdLife International (2018-2023) Jordan lies on the East Mediterranean Flyway that the Egyptian Vulture (EV) uses during its migration between its breeding grounds in Eastern Europe and the Balkan region to the wintering areas in Central Africa and the Sahara on the flyway. The flyway along the Jordan valley comprises some remarkable areas that are considered important for the EV for roosting during the migration. However, there are several threats that migrating species are facing on the flyway in route between their breeding and wintering areas ranging between poisoning by bad agricultural practices to illegal killing and trapping of bird species and the collision with infrastructures within the energy sector including pylons, energy transmitting network wind turbines as well as the threat of electrocutions. RSCN as BirdLife Partner in Jordan, with its relation between the national authorities and the BirdLife in the Middle East is leading of implementing the national actions to protect this globally endangered vulture through the period of 2018 until 2023 to reduce loss of individuals due to power generation and power supply (wind turbine collision and electrocution) along the route of the flyway in the country. The aim of the project is to reinforce the easternmost European Egyptian Vulture population by delivering urgent conservation measures to address major known threats at breeding grounds and also along the flyway.
Funded by the The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation (2018-2021) The Royal Society for the conservation of Nature (RSCN) is implementing an integrated water resources management project in Yarmouk forest reserve and the surrounded areas. This project is funded by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation. The overall goal of the project is “To apply an integrated water natural resources management approach in Yarmouk Forest Reserve that assures a long-term conservation and sustainable use of natural water system in the area”. The project is based on a participatory approach and to encourage various relevant stakeholders and targeted local communities to reduce negative impacts on natural water system and its resources. The project will initiate a new approach to water conservation in Yarmouk Forest Reserve and it will contribute to the national and international effort in wetland and natural water ecosystem conservation and management by introducing this new integrated approach as a model that can be replicated in other areas in Jordan and in the Middle East region. The project will include activities related to integrated water resources management, including sustainable agricultural practices programs, as well as awareness and capacity building. Yarmouk Forest Reserve is located in the north-western parts of Jordan, at the border with Golan hill. The Goals: Conserve natural water ecosystems of national and global importance at Yarmouk Forest Reserve, and encourage ecologically sound and economically viable land use activities in Yarmouk catchment by effectively developing a conservation management plan that will reduce the negative effect on water natural ecosystems in Yarmouk Forest Reserve. Increase the level of awareness and understanding of the water conservation values and empower local communities’ targeted groups to participate effectively in conservation of natural water resources. Reduce the impact of unsustainable agricultural practices on water natural resources using alternative sustainable farming system enterprise that builds upon traditional knowledge in a participatory approach.
