Jordan - Overview

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Please note that this country profile has been prepared by the Secretariat on the basis of information provided in the NBSAP and national reports, but has not been reviewed by the Party concerned.

Status and Trends of Biodiversity

Overview

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is centrally located in the Middle East, and would be completely land-locked if it weren’t for the 26 km shore on the tip of the Gulf of Aqaba. Most of the country (80%) is arid or semi-arid land, consisting of a desert plateau in the west and highland in the east. The lowest point in Jordan – and any terrestrial landmass in the world – is 416 m below sea level, the Dead Sea... More »

Number and Extent of Protected Areas

Nowadays there are 35 protected areas, including one marine reserve and 30 grazing reserves, covering 10.9% of the total land area.

National Biodiversity Strategy Action Plan

Major features of National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan

Insuring sustainable biodiversity management is an integral part of Jordan’s global plan for development. The guiding principles behind the action plan are based on religious values for respect of the natural world, social equity and wealth distribution, respect for pastoral and local cultures, adequate scientific knowledge, and cooperation and benefit sharing among all stakeholders at local, national, regional and international levels... More »

Implementation of the Convention

Measures Taken to Achieve the 2010 Target

During the last decade, Jordan has developed a package of environmental policies and strategies related to Biodiversity and natural resource management. The most recent are the National Biodiversity Strategy (2003), and the Jordan National Agenda (2005). The number of reserves and their total size is a key indicator for achieving the 2010 target... More »

Initiatives in Protected Areas

Jordan realizes the fragile nature of ecosystems owing to the socio-economic, physio-geographic and climate conditions of the country. In 1922, the first conservation efforts started with an afforestation project where a network of 23 forests and rangelands have been declared and established, after which several projects were implemented and the number of rangeland reserves increased... More »

Initiatives for Article 8(j)

Jordan has a long tradition of pastoral communities dating back to pre-Islamic times. They are one of the two main groups forming the Jordanian population, the other being nationalized Palestinians. They are not recognized as an ethnically different group, sharing mostly the same arab and muslim traditions as the rest of the population... More »

National Contacts

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Convention on Biological Diversity

Eng. Hussein Shahin	SBSTTA NFP, ICNP ABS NFP (ONLY)
H.E. Eng. Ahmad Al Qatarneh	CBD Primary NFP, SBSTTA NFP

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

H.E. Eng. Ahmad Al Qatarneh

Cartagena Protocol Primary NFP, BCH NFP