Ajloun's 1st productive conservation project unveiled.AMMAN (Star) A week ago the pilot project Small Business Development for Nature Conservation in the Ajloun forest region was officially inaugurated by His Excellency HIS EXCELLENCY. A title given by the constitution of Massachusetts to the governor of that commonwealth. Const. part 2, c. 2, s. 1, art. 1. This title is customarily given to the governors of the other states, whether it be the official designation in their constitutions and laws or not. Robert van der Meulen, the ambassador and head of the delegation of the European Commission European Commission, branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU) invested with executive and some legislative powers. Located in Brussels, Belgium, it was founded in 1967 when the three treaty organizations comprising what was then the European Community to Jordan and Her Excellency Leila Sharaf, member of the Senate and president of the RSCN RSCN Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature RSCN Registered Sick Children's Nurse RSCN Regional Security Cooperation Network RSCN Register State Change Notification RSCN Registered State Change Notification . As part of the project inauguration van der Meulen unveiled prototypes from the first production line of olive oil olive oil, pale yellow to greenish oil obtained from the pulp of olives by separating the liquids from solids. Olive oil was used in the ancient world for lighting, in the preparation of food, and as an anointing oil for both ritual and cosmetic purposes. soaps that will be produced in one of the target communities in the Ajloun area. The project will serve as a model for sustainable resource management and will benefit the 12,000 individuals inhabiting the six villages around the Ajloun protected area
Protected areas : Umm El Yanabi; Irjan; Ba'un; Mihna; Rasun and TyarraThe beneficiaries will be members of poor farm households, especially women, who will be engaged in the process of creating nature-related products like high-value herbal cosmetics and agro-tourism activities. With a e1/4600,000 for a budget the project duration's will span a period of four years.Co-financed by the European Commission, the German Hanns Seidel Foundation  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . and the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature The Royal Society for The Conservation of Nature (RSCN) is an independent voluntary organization devoted to the conservation of Jordan's natural resources established in 1966 under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Noor with the late King Hussein as Honorary President. (RSCN) the project aims at contributing to poverty alleviation and the protection of forest biodiversity in the underdeveloped Ajloun forest region, by creating alternative income-generating opportunities for agricultural communities that are linked to the tourism potential of the Ajloun Forest Protected Area. Production centers will be created and skills developed through vocational training. A tailor-made marketing strategy will also ensure the products' success in the national market. Outreach programs for different target groups will raise public support for the Protected Area and lessons learned will be mainstreamed into the government's agricultural extension service and its tourism and development strategy for the region.The inaugural event was attended by several dignitaries including the Minister of Environment Khaled Irani; Ahmad Sheyab, the governor of Ajloun; Reinhold Babel Babel (bā`bəl) [Heb.,=confused], in the Bible, place where Noah's descendants (who spoke one language) tried to build a tower reaching up to heaven to make a name for themselves. , deputy director of the Institute of International Contact and Co-operation of the German Hanns Seidel Foundation; and representatives of the German embassy, in addition to local authorities and local residents.Ajloun's 1st productive conservation project unveiled 2003 Jordan Press & publishing Co. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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