AMMAN —
The National Electric Power Company (NEPCO) and the Royal Society for the
Conservation of Nature (RSCN) signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate
in preserving the environment, biodiversity, and migratory birds, according to
the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
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The memorandum was
signed by NEPCO’s Director-General Amjad Al-Rawashdeh, and the RSCN’s
Director-General Fadi Nasser.
It stipulates that
both entities will collaborate in conducting studies and implementing
mitigating measures in electricity transmission projects that are
geographically located in migratory bird routes, as well as the mechanism for
protecting migratory bird routes and biodiversity.
The memorandum is
the outcome of joint efforts to improve cooperation and commitment to putting
preventative measures into place to reduce threats to migratory birds on the
one hand, and to protect electricity lines on the other, as bird electrocution
is one of the major threats to birds locally and globally.
Rawashdeh said that
the company has taken effective steps to protect the environment by adhering to
national legislation on the protection of the environment and conducting impact
assessment studies for its various electric transmission projects.
He emphasized the
company’s full commitment to implementing the highest international standards
for protecting birds in electrical transport projects in order to maintain the
status of Jordan as a safe path for migratory birds.
Following a
briefing on the RSCN’s role in nature conservation, Nasser emphasized the
importance of collaborative efforts to preserve the environment and the
biosphere.
According to Raed
Bani Hani, acting secretary-general of the Ministry of Environment,
approximately 1 million birds pass through Jordan each year, highlighting the
importance of the Kingdom’s role in protecting migratory birds.
For his part,
Ibrahim Khader, the regional director of BirdLife International, which is the
international partner of the RSCN, said birds are an important indicator of the
quality of the environment, pointing to the need to provide protection for
migratory birds that are threatened by hunting and electrocution.
Jordan is home to a
huge variety of bird species, according to a 2013 publication by the RSCN,
which also revealed that more than 400 species, belonging to 66 families, have
been recorded in the Kingdom.
Of these, about 70
species are breeding residents, 20 are migrants that are only present during
the non-breeding season, and more than 300 are migrants which pass through the
country between their breeding and non-breeding grounds. Among the total bird
species recorded, less than 100 are considered rarel, and three are considered
introduced.
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