Abstract
Jordan’s natural resources are limited to support population in a sustainable manner. However, its environment is exposed to a number of threats. In order to best explain Jordan’s environmental difficulties, it would be prudent to focus individually on each of these major concerns: water shortages, agriculture/land and air pollution. This study focuses on the environmental problems in Jordan and has addressed the process of reversing environmental decline. A true foundation of environmental protection requires awareness upon the part of the population and a number of governmental and non-governmental organizations are actively involved in educating the populace about environmental issues. This article presents specific recommendations addressing water resources, the areas of agriculture and air pollution. It emphasis throughout on the conservation of water, agriculturally productive land and the quality of air, of which, the contamination or loss of them would bring rapid and significant consequences to Jordan.
Highlights
Jordan was a country relatively free of environmental problems until the 1970s
Soil erosion simultaneously became a prevalent issue, as the country realized the effects of years of agriculture and logging upon the land
Present amount of water flowing into the dead sea: Since about 30 years large projects utilizing surface and ground water, which formerly discharged into the Dead Sea, have been implemented
Summary
Jordan was a country relatively free of environmental problems until the 1970s. As a result of modernization and population increase, the environment problems arise. Soil erosion simultaneously became a prevalent issue, as the country realized the effects of years of agriculture and logging upon the land. All of these potential environmental emergencies came to a head throughout the 1970s and the 1980s, causing a great deal of attention and concern to be cast upon various major problems in need of remedy[1]. The scarcity and uneven distribution of precipitation over Jordan results in limited surface and groundwater resources available for domestic consumption and agricultural and industrial uses. This is 90,000 CM more than the maximum available daily water levels, a deficit of 35
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