AMMAN — WADI for Sustainable Ecosystem Development in
strategic partnership with the US Forest Service wrapped up on Thursday, a
four-day regional event in Amman that brought together ecosystem restoration
and seedling production experts from Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Tunisia,
Morocco, Moldova, and the US.
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Accoridng to a press statement, the aim of the MENA Regional
Seedling Summit 2023 is to exchange knowledge and experiences amongst
participants in the fields of seedling production, ecosystem restoration and
other related fields. The participants
took part in field visits to nursery and out-planting sites in various
locations of Jordan, representing the different ecosystems of the Kingdom, such
as Sabha in Mafraq Governorate, Al-Majidiyah, Madaba, Jerash and Al-Salt.
Environmental and agricultural stakeholders in Jordan also
took part in the event, including representatives from the Ministry of
Environment, the Ministry of Agriculture, the US Embassy in Amman, the US State
Department, ICARDA-CGIAR, the Hashemite Fund for the Development of the Jordan
Badia, and the Disi Women Cooperative, among others.
The US Forest Service-International Programs Director Valdis
E. Mezainis spoke of the “noble work” of restoring land as he kicked off the
summit on Sunday.
“There is nothing more noble than to restore a piece of land
to its original health, and that is the work that you’re all doing, and to be
able to do that you have to have the commitment of the people, the country, and
the communities [that need] economic development,” Mezainis told participants.
For his part, WADI Director Tariq Abu Taleb said that it is
“a great opportunity to learn from all participants who share WADI’s goal for
restoring forests and rangelands for climate resilience, community livelihoods,
and long-term water security, and addressing different challenges that we are
all facing in the MENA region.
At the end of the summit, the participants agreed to form a
regional network that can aid in exchanging experiences and lessons learned, to
achieve the highest possible success rate for seedlings propagated for
ecosystem restoration purposes.
Other organizations that took part in the summit include
Lebanon Reforestation Project and the Association for Forests Development and
Conservation from Lebanon, Agence Nationale des Eaux et Forets and High Atlas
Foundation from Morocco, Tunisia’s General Directorate of Forestry, and Hebron
University from Palestine.
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