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Jordan Desertification
Government focal point: Ministry of Environment
• Strategic planning frameworks for the protection and sustainable
management of natural resources in deserts and areas affected by
desertification, their integration into national development strategies
and/or action plans.
Planning and policy formulation in Jordan prior to the 1990s were based on
sector-specific approaches with little consideration for environmental
concerns. It can be stated that environmental planning and policy
formulation came to age in 1991 when the National Environmental Strategy
(NES) was formulated by a national consultation process led by the Ministry
of Municipalities, Rural Affairs and the Environment.
The NES was the first environmental strategy in Jordan and in the Arab
region. It has responded in content and recommendations to a large extent to
the famous “World Conservation Strategy” of 1980 that was formulated by
IUCN, UNEP and WWF.
Based on the NES, Jordan was in a good political and strategic position to
sign and then ratify the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1992 during
the Earth Summit. Two years later, Jordan signed and then ratified the UN
Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in 1996.
Completing most of its international obligations and on the foundations of
the NES, Jordan opted to develop a practical environmental action plan in
1995. The National Environmental Action Plan (NEAP) was also prepared
in a national consultation process coordinated by the Ministry of Planning
and International Cooperation and it included a prioritized action plan based
on results.
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