There are 285 projects that match your search.
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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2003
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30,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: JOR/02/17 |
As in other communities living on the fringes of a nature reserve, the community of Dana village is affected by the conservation programs implemented by the Nature Reserve management. Despite the Reserve’s management attempts to enhance the ( ... )
ve aspects of nature conservation, the local community in Dana still suffer from occasional wild animal damage to its terrace farms causing a decrease in fruit and vegetable production. The Dana Charity Society will work closely with the Reserve management to counteract those negative impacts. Using a revolving fund system, the project will support measures at the individual farm level,
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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2003
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32,800.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: JOR/03/06 |
The project aims at reviving the natural rangeland in Al Mujib reserve, in the Hammamt Quseib area, improving at the same time the livelihood of the local community. Hammamat Quseib area is located in Wadi Al Heedan which stretches west to meet the ( ... )
ea after meeting Wadi Al Mujib; the flowing waters gather to form a creek within Wadi Al Heedan passing through Al Mujib, before finally settling in the Dead Sea. The main water spring is fed by a group of springs close to Hammamat Quseib which includes a mountain cut forming a natural “seek”, resembling the one in Petra. This one, however, is characterized by water springing out of its
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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2003
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22,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: JOR/02/14 |
In a unique natural area overlooking the Dana Reserve alongside the Kings Highway, the Sons of Dana and Qadissiyeh Tourism Cooperative has just started implementation of the “Sustainable Eco-tourism Management project” in Rashadiyeh area. The ( ... )
s considered a natural expansion of the Dana reserve eco-system and an important bird watching site. However, it is subject to deterioration caused by un-organized tourism, littering and cutting of trees. The Cooperative will implement this project, in close coordination with the Dana Nature Reserve, to control the factors of deterioration and preserve the area through managing an eco-tourism
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Jordan
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Land Degradation
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2003
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45,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: JOR/03/05 |
The project aims at transferring the knowledge gained on Permaculture from the pilot site implemented by the Center over the past three years, with financial support by JICA, to the home gardens at the local community level in South Shouneh and the ( ... )
nding areas, with special focus on women. This would entail training of women who will participate in project activities and raising the awareness of the local community of the benefits of this approach, specially that it goes in line with the traditional approach of farm management that used to prevail in the country in the past. Support to implement home garden projects using permaculture
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Jordan
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Land Degradation
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2003
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30,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: JOR/03/02 |
The Lower Khsheibeh Women Cooperative will be implementing this project in their village, located to the south west of Jerash, where several environmental and livelihood problems prevail. Agriculture in the area is difficult due to its difficult ( ... )
aphy and water shortages, leading to soil and land degradation as well as poor economic situation. In order to assist community members improve their living conditions, the project will provide loans to women to construct cisterns, plant medicinal herbs, olive trees, forest trees, construct terraces and other soil conservation measures in addition to encouraging the use of domestic solar energy
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Jordan
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2002
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18,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: JOR/MET./02/07 |
The project will build the national capacities in the field of cleaner production, which will form the basis for a National Cleaner Production Center that will ensure a wide-scale and sustainable application of CPC services to the Industry. Partner ( ... )
ations in this project include: GCEP, Ministry of Planning, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Chambers of Industry in Amman and Zarqa, RSS, JUST, representatives of the private sector as well as the technical team of the Jordanian Network of Environmentally Friendly
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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2002
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28,312.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: JOR/02/12 |
The project aims at protecting Biodiversity in Al Wahadneh area through promotion of sound natural resource management practices mainly related to agricultural practices. This will be partly achieved through establishing a revolving loan fund that ( ... )
omen from the local community to implement small income-generating activities such as bee keeping, kitchen and medical herb planting and packaging and food processing. A comprehensive training and public awareness component which aims at improving local community knowledge of proper measures to address environmental problems in a sustainable manner will also be conducted. Al Wahadneh Community
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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2002
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49,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: JOR/02/04 |
The Jordan Badia Research and Development Program will implement this project in Tall Ar Rimah in the Jordanian northern Badia. It will involve the local Bedouin community in rangeland rehabilitation efforts in an area of 50,000 dunums of natural ( ... )
and where practical packages developed and tested by the Badia Program will be applied on a large scale by the local community. Within this area, the Department of Land and Survey (govt.) has allocated the use of 120 dunum to the local community for fodder production. The project will be implemented along with two other projects dealing with forage production as a rangeland alternative and a
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Jordan
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International Waters
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2002
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1,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: JOR/02/02 |
The planning grant was used to conduct a field study to collect information and initiate contacts required for establishing a central organizational unit to supervise glass boat operations in the Gulf of Aqaba. The study identified environmental, ( ... )
ational, legal, economic and social conditions and obstacles facing the development of this sector. In line with the results of the study, the NGO has developed a full project that would work for the actual establishment and management of the desired unit. It is hoped that through orgnaizing glass boat operations in the Gulf, pollution and destruction of marine life caused by glass boat
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Jordan
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2002
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14,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: JOR/MET./02/06 |
The project will increase environmental awareness at the local community level in Al Hashimiyeh area, which is a crowded area characterized by very high levels of environmental pollution as a result of three major sources of pollution; the oil ( ... )
ry, the waste-water treatment plant and the thermal power plant. To that effect, the project will conduct an awareness campaign targeted to schools, women, NGOs and will initiate contacts with decision-makers to investigate possible means of minimizing pollution on the local
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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2002
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23,900.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: JOR/02/13 |
The project aims at establishing a model for natural resource management in Na’ur area, including the conservation of local herbal plants, through traditional environmental friendly practices at the community level, linked to a serious social and ( ... )
tarian undertaking. Planting herbal plants, establishing poultry barns, establishing a nursery to grow traditional and garden plants, establishing a shop to sell project products and ensure sustainability of the project are some of the activities that will be undertaken by the Society. Outreach activities that promote project ideas and practices will also be implemented so that other
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Jordan
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2002
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14,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: JOR/MET./02/09 |
The project will function in an area of heavy environmental pollution as it hosts an industrial compound of more that 360 factories in addition to 100 factories outside the compound. The area also witness heavy traffic that adds considerably to the ( ... )
mental pollution in the area. The project will achieve its objective of raising awareness and building capacities through awareness and training programs as well as income-generating demonstration projects that promote environmental protection including reuse and recycling of materials. The target groups include the Center’s children, youth and women committees, student councils, scouts and
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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2002
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43,150.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: JOR/02/11 |
Al Mafraq Nature Park Coalition comprised of the Jordan Environment Society, the Agricultural Engineers Association and the Jordanian National Forum for Women in Mafraq will establish the “Mafraq Nature Park” in a natural site of 400 dunums ( ... )
ted to the Coalition by the Municipality of Mafraq and located almost 4 Km west of Mafraq city. As almost all areas designated as forest land in Mafraq are barren and deteriorated, the Coalition aims at rehabilitating this site through restoring top soil and plant cover to be achieved by several soil conservation measures including fencing, contour terracing, planting of trees and shrubs and
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Jordan
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2002
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14,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: JOR/MET./02/08 |
The project, a landfill rehabilitated by the NGO with support from the GEF/SGP and Greater Amman Municipality, will demonstrate proper SWM combined with solar energy application and water harvesting in an area under pressure caused by various human ( ... )
ties. Awareness activities will target students and the local community in general. In this context, the Society plans to establish a center for SWM and other environmental applications on the site. The center will be equipped with models and displays that will be used in a comprehensive public awareness campaign to promote the use of environment friendly applications. The center will be also
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Jordan
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Biodiversity
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2002
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28,250.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: JOR/02/01 |
The project aims at protecting natural rangeland in an area of significant biodiversity surrounding the Dana Nature Reserve through providing alternative resources and supporting local income generating activities at the local community level. ( ... )
h a pioneer partnership between the Gharandal Charity Society and the Dana Nature Reserve, the project will establish better understanding of natural resource conservation among local community members and achieve sustainability of agricultural production in the area. It is also hoped that the project will further enhance the capacities of the Gharandal Charity Society in managing project
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Jordan
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2002
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4,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: JOR/02/03 |
The project will promote environmental friendly community applications through displaying practical models and conducting public awareness activities. The project is implemented in the rehabilitated solid waste disposal site in Marka that the ( ... )
y has turned into a park over the past four years in cooperation with the Greater Amman Municipality with support from the SGP. A solar energy unit granted by the European Commission in Amman will be installed on site to generate electricity for project uses. Other applications on site will include drip irrigation system, water harvesting and soil conservation measures. Awareness activities
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Jordan
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2002
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15,103.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: JOR/02/05 |
The project will establish an integrated waste management system within the university with the aim of empowering the university to take responsibility for the waste flow that it generates and make a positive contribution to the quality of its ( ... )
nment. It will initiate a link with the Biogas Project (regular GEF project implmented by the Greater Amman Municipality)through the component that is implemented by the University of
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Jordan
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International Waters
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2002
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40,254.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: JOR/02/10 |
The Jordan Royal Ecological Diving Society (JREDS) has been working with the glass boat sector in Aqaba in order to lay the ground for upgrading the sector. To prepare for this phase a “Pilot Project to Upgrade Glass Boat Sector in Aqaba” will ( ... )
lemented by JREDS in cooperation with the Glassboaters Association. The project aims at upgrading the capacity of the glassboats, regulating and organizing the sector in Aqaba, in order to improve performance and efficiency thereby improving the levels of income generated by the individual glassboats, which will, in turn, provide an incentive for operators to cooperate in adopting
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Jordan
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International Waters
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2001
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6,990.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: JOR/01/01 |
The NGO will conduct a communication and outreach program for the Community Palm Plantation project that it has been implmenting for the past 3 years with SGP support. The project ocntributes to the sound integrated management of land and water in ( ... )
rdan Valley through the promotion of measures to control land degradation. The project will desseminate the experiences gained so far and train and involve the local community in project activities in order to encourage replication of these
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Jordan
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2001
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8,157.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: JOR/01/04 |
The project will involve the residential and commercial sectors in Shmeisani area in Amman in the solid waste management process. Resdiential units, hotels, restaurants and companies in Shmeisani area will participate in collection and sorting of ( ... )
able waste with particular emphasis on organic waste. Organic waste will be fed to the Biogas Project implemented by the Greater Amman Municipality for the purpose of generating electricity, producing fertilizers and minimizing pressure on the Russeifa landfill. In this sense, the project will provide a model to support the current national efforts to introduce clean sorting of waste. A
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