AMMAN The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) recently announced the launch of its new safari experience in the Shaumari Wildlife Reserve.In a statement sent to The Jordan Times on Monday, the RSCN said that the new experience, titled “Al Maha Safari”, is aimed to develop Jordan’s ecotourism and sustainable travel industry, which is primarily concerned with
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At the Azraq Oasis, located in the Eastern Desert of Jordan, late Middle to early Late Pleistocene wetland deposits contain abundant Lower Palaeolithic stone tools and faunal remains. Focusing on the southern portion of the Azraq Oasis, known as the Shishan Marsh, this study aims to establish the palaeoecological context of this palaeowetland and associated hominin occupations (c. 300–120 ka) using phytoliths and other biogenic silica microfossils. Phytoliths, diatoms, and sponge spicules were extracted from 24 bulk sediment samples from seven stratigraphic profiles across the Shishan Marsh, as well as from three surface sediment samples collected from the Azraq Wetland Reserve and Shaumari Wildlife Reserve. The results indicate that a shallow waterbody existed across the Shishan Marsh during the late Middle Pleistocene, which underwent drying and marsh development due to increasing regional aridity across Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 8–6. The extensive marsh and associated grasslan
RSCN training programme on environmental, tourism laws concludes
By Maria Weldali - Apr 08,2021 - Last updated at Apr 08,2021
Participants of the Training Instructors - Skills for the Implementation of Environmental Protection, Biodiversity and Ecotourism Laws programme pose for a group photo (Photo courtesy of the RSCN)
AMMAN The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) conducted a five-day-long training programme titled “Training Instructors - Skills for the Implementation of Environmental Protection, Biodiversity and Ecotourism Laws”.
Supported by the German Hanns Seidel Foundation, the programme targeted affiliates of the Royal Department for Environment Protection and Tourism (Rangers).
Director General of the RSCN Yahya Khaled told The Jordan Times on Wednesday that the RSCN has always had immense cooperation with the Rangers, adding that the workshop is among the many training programmes that are implemented annually.