In a recent study conducted by the World Bank the economic cost of environmental degradation in Jordan was estimated to be 3.1% of GDP annually with a total of 205 million JDs as money lost estimated in five sectors. The most significant impact on health and quality of life was caused by water pollution at an estimated cost of 0.71- 1.24% of GDP. Diarrheal illness and mortality which damage cost... [read more]

The Regional Director for IUCN WESCANA office in Amman, Dr Odeh jayyousi has written a stimulating article in Jordan Times this week featuring the linkages between global and local priorities in conservation of biological diversity. here is the full text of the article         While conservation clearly has huge potential to contribute to achieving the Millennium Development Goals,... [read more]

The Jordan Times have reported on a very exciting and novel environmental-agricultural project in which a date palm nursery was established in Deir Alla (Jordan valley) irrigated with recucled water. The full story goes as follows:   AMMAN (JT) — US Ambassador David Hale inaugurated a date palm nursery and training centre at Deir Alla in the Jordan Valley earlier this week. The nursery, which... [read more]