AMMAN —
Royal Court Chief Yousef Issawi, head of the follow-up committee for
the implementation of Royal initiatives, on Saturday signed an agreement to
implement the third phase of the Jothoor "Roots" project to plant
3,000 dunums trees in the Al-Sunaina area at the Al-Qasr District in the Karak
Governorate, southern Jordan.
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Issawi
also opened Royal initiatives projects that have been implemented in the Karak
Governorate, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
The
signing of the Jothoor project agreement comes in response to His Majesty King
Abdullah's continuous directives to increase green areas and preserve forests,
by focusing on forestry projects. The first and second phases of the Jothoor
project, which is the largest forestry project at the national level since the
early seventies, were implemented, through Royal initiatives.
Approximately
327,000 trees were planted in the first phase of the project, and about 367,000
trees were planted in the second. Both phases involved a total area of 19,500
dunums.
Issawi
said that His Majesty places as his to priority the achievement of sustainable
development in a manner that meets the aspirations and hopes of Jordanian
people, who are the focus, goal, and purpose of the development process, and
the distribution of development gains fairly across all regions of the Kingdom
to achieve development balance in targeted regions.
Also on
Saturday, Issawi opened a public park in the New Moab area, which includes
children’s play units, a five-a-side soccer
playground, and other facilities. Furthermore, the Jubilee Forest in the
Qasabah Al-Karak district was provided with sand and rubber games units, with
high technical specifications to serve parents and children.
The parks
projects are part of the Royal initiatives, and were implemented in cooperation
with the Zaha Cultural Center.
The event
was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Local Administration
Tawfiq Kreishan, Minister of Labor
Nayef Istitieh, Minister of Environment
Muawieh Radaideh, and the director-general of the Al-Haq Agricultural
Corporation.
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