AMMAN —
The
Royal Society for Conservation of Nature (RSCN) started implementing
improvement project activities for green infrastructure in Burqu Nature
Reserve.
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The improvement project activities included the
execution of the initial stages of the project to mark the main entrance to the
reserve and establish a network of touristic pathways in the reserve and the
vicinity of the Burqu Inn, according to a press statement.
The project is being implemented through intensive
employment procedures and in partnership with the German Agency for
International Cooperation (GIZ) and the Jordanian Ministry of Environment. The
project is funded by the
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and GIZ 2017–2022.
The project aims to improve green infrastructure and
create job opportunities for Jordanians and Syrians alike, especially since the
reserve’s surrounding area is considered to be an impoverished area of the
Kingdom.
President of the Burqu program Mahmmoud Bdour said
that this project engages the labor force through a range of interventions at
different stages and that it will also work in partnership with the Ruwaishd
municipality as well as local women’s associations to implement another set of
interventions in the coming period.
According to Bdour, the interventions aim to improve
green infrastructure of the main sidewalks within the town and improve some
public facilities and kindergartens, alongside several small projects within
women’s associations in Ruwaishd.
President of the project at RSCN, Hussam Awedat,
said that the project provides temporary employment opportunities (80 working
days) for Jordanian and Syrian men and women. The opportunities include
improving the environment and infrastructure in the reserves and surrounding
villages through urban gardening, establishing hiking areas, and rehabilitating
public parks and touristic pathways in the reserve.
Bilal Qteshat, head of the Nature Conservation
Department of the Ministry of Environment, added that such projects promote and
sustain critical areas of biodiversity and nature reserves and strengthen
partnerships with the local community.
Since the beginning of the project in 2018, around
2,064 workers have been employed, 50 percent of which are Jordanians and 50
percent of which are Syrians, including 20 percent who are women. The project
activities were carried out in all nature reserves in Jordan and in the
surrounding villages.
Awedat said that the project will continue this year and
will provide more than 480 job opportunities in its targeted areas, including
Yarmouk Nature Reserve, Ajloun Forest Reserve, Fifa Nature Reserve, Azraq
Wetland Reserve, and Burqu Nature Reserve.
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