AMMAN — Intensive oversight
measures by the Ajloun Directorate of Agriculture have helped to reduce
deforestation in the governorate by about 80 percent, Director of Agriculture
Hussein Al-Khalidi said.
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Khalidi told the Jordan News Agency, Petra,
on Wednesday, that the drop in deforestation – the result of illegal logging
and forest fires — was made possible by the forest protection plan
developed by the directorate and the Ministry of Agriculture.
The plan has involved installing stations
and towers to monitor forest areas, assigning patrols on a shift schedule, and
increasing the number of rangers and forest monitors.
Ministry protection measuresThe ministry makes great efforts to
preserve Ajloun’s forests through direct follow-up by Minister of Agriculture
Khaled Al-Hneifat, he said.
Meanwhile, the
directorate works to protect the forests and local biodiversity from
encroachment and fires by intensifying awareness campaigns in cooperation with
the media.
Firewood and seedlingsThe directorate has issued 300 licenses for
firewood collection to distribute to 354 individuals in need, including some
National Aid Fund beneficiaries and wounded veterans, Khalidi added.
It also provides seedlings at nominal
prices and plants forest trees free of charge to contribute to increasing
Ajloun’s green cover.
Forests in the governorate cover an area of
134,000 dunums, distributed across the Ajloun, Kafranja, Anjara, Ain Jana,
Sakhra, Abin Ibilin, Arjan, and Baoun regions.
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