Support to the Development of Jordan National Forest Policy - TCP/JOR/3503 (Phase I) and TCP/JOR/3702 (Phase II)
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Jordan has small forest cover of about 86 000 hectares, representing about one percent of the total area of the country However, forests play a vital role in environmental conservation and in tackling growing environmental challenges of climate change, desertification and biodiversity losses Although their direct economic contribution is not significant, many rural people still rely on forests for fuelwood, grazing of their animals, and the collection of medicinal plants and other non timber forest products Jordan has recognized the need to regulate and control the use of this important resource since the onset of the 20 th century A Forestry Directorate ( was established in the early twenties of the last century, and the first Forest Act was issued in 1923 supportive to policies of conservational nature Over 90 percent of the country forests are publicly owned and managed by the state in accordance with the principles of the Forest Act Despite the existence of a regulatory framework of conservation, forests have experienced continuous degradation, due to urbanization, encroachment of agriculture on forest lands and repeated cycles of drought Against this background, the Government of Jordan requested that FAO provide assistance to develop a national forest policy, in order to provide an enabling environment and guidance for country driven forest sector development.