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News First Ever Regional Integrated Master Plan for the Jordan Valley

"EcoPeace Middle East (formerly Friends of the Earth Middle East), together with consortium partners at the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and Global Nature Fund (GNF), and lead consultant Royal HaskoningDHV, released the first ever Regional NGO Master Plan for Sustainable Development in the Jordan Valley at a conference on June 9, 2015 on the Jordanian shores of the Dead Sea.

127 specific regional and national projects ("interventions") have been identified in the framework of the Master Plan, with a total investment value of 4.58 billion USD until the year 2050. The interventions are grouped around the strategic planning objectives: Pollution Control, Sustainable Water Management and River Rehabilitation, Sustainable Agriculture, Jordan River Basin Governance, Ecological Rehabilitation, Sustainable Tourism and Cultural Heritage Development, and Urban and Infrastructure Development.

EcoPeace will continue to use the Master Plan to advocate for regional integration in the Jordan Valley and for increasing political will for the adoption in full, or in part, of the study's recommendations by the national authorities in the region.

Contact information Mira Edelstein Jordan River Projects Coordinator EcoPeace Middle East 90 Menachem Begin Road, Tel-Aviv, Israel (email: mira@foeme.org )
Phone: Tel: 03-5605383 Fax: 03-5604693 Mobile: 054-6392937
News type Inbrief
File link http://foeme.org/uploads/Regional_NGO_Master_Plan_Final.pdf
Source of information EcoPeace Middle East
Keyword(s) River Basin Governance, Ecological Rehabilitation, Sustainable Tourism
Subject(s) HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INFRASTRUCTURES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RIGHT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , TOURISM - SPORT - HOBBIES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY
Relation http://foeme.org/www/?module=events&record_id=138
Geographical coverage Jordan,Israel,Palestine,
News date 25/06/2015
Working language(s) ENGLISH
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