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By 2016, the National Biodiversity Committee (NBC) is the prime governance mechanism for biodiversity. | The National Biodiversity Committee was established based on a cabinet decision aiming to support the ministry in the development of policies, strategies and action plans related to biodiversity... |
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By 2016, the new structure of the Nature Conservation Directorate of MoEnv is effective. | The nature conservation directorate at the ministry of environment is composed of three major sections which are the biodiversity conservation, water and marine and the desertification sections... |
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By 2017, a centralized national environment information system (JEIS) is established and operational | National initiatives on biodiversity information systems harmonized and integrated in the national context is necessary to understand the state of biodiversity. In addition, a series of scientific... |
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By 2017, the new environment protection law is endorsed and effective. | Since several gaps were highlighted in the environmental protection law number 52 of 2006 especially the sections related to waste management, pollution, water, desertification and biodiversity. A new... |
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By 2018, the national protected areas program reviewed and effectively implemented. | The protected areas network is dated back since 1964 where the first mission was conducted. Despite the continuous update for the protected areas network, but a detailed and comprehensive review is... |
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By 2020, a national strategy for forest conservation and sustainable use is developed and effective. | Despite the existence knowledge about forests in Jordan, but still no comprehensive inventory occurred which illustrate the percentages, coverage, ecosystem based approach for forests and forests... |
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By 2020, a participative biodiversity planning protocol is developed and adopted nationally. | In order to follow-up the progress made by the NBSAP partners; it is necessary to establish a planning protocol which aims to track progress of the implementation and report accordingly. In addition... |
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By 2020, benefits of key national ecosystems assessed and conservation actions taken. | A country assessments on ecosystem services valuation have to be undertaken for all key ecosystems. This is critical since it will support conservationists in advocating for conservation issues. In... |
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By 2020, development pressures from anthropogenic sources are reduced to sustainable levels for both terrestrial and mar | A comprehensive review is required for the environmental impact assessment and the strategic environmental assessment. Land use and sea use plans have to consider biodiversity within their context for... |
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By 2020, development pressures from anthropogenic sources are reduced to sustainable levels or both terrestrial and mari | Several databases were created by different entities in Jordan, and limited efforts were performed toward the Clearing House Mechanism (CHM) of the CBD. Therefore, the ministry of environment have to... |