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The highest sensitivity based on vegetation type is expected to be in the northern highlands and across the Middle areas
in Jordan especially the Jordan Valley.
For water vegetation, the TNC impact analysis study expects reduced growth and reduced growth range due to lower soil
moisture. For evergreen Oak forests and Pine forests it is expected to have lower regeneration rate, change in community
composition and shrinkage in geographic range.
For Mediterranean non-forest vegetation, it is expected to have reduced growth in lower elevations and shift toward higher
elevation with time.
Highest adaptive capacity was noticed to be in desert vegetation, tropical vegetation and to lower extent in marginal
vegetation types such as steppe vegetation.
Overall it was noticed that the highest vulnerable ecosystems are forests (especially in the north) and fresh water
ecosystems (especially in Jordan rift valley), that highlights the priority to perform adaptation interventions within these
two ecosystems
Adaptation measures and programs that can be adopted on national level in Jordan include:
- Restoration of degraded forests and encouraging the establishment of community forests to control soil erosion;
- National wide, using diverse conservation governance forms including Protected Areas (PAs), Hima and Special
Conservation Areas (SCAs) that empowers local communities to conserve their Natural resource sand improves their
livelihoods;
- Protecting and enhancing ecosystem services in conservation areas; Improve the access to ecosystem services and the
quality of such services empowers local communities and increases the resistance/resilience of local communities to
climate change impacts;
- Preserving water quality and flows in water catchment areas using buffer zones surrounding PAs and SCAs;
- Restoration and protection of rangelands to reduce the vulnerability of livestock to drought;
- Adopt water management procedures providing alternative water sources for fauna and avifauna such as retention
dams.
According to the prioritization done by the TNC it was found that enhancing ecosystem services provided by conservation
areas and empowering local communities is the most important adaptation measure in Jordan followed by diversification
of conservation methodologies and governance systems.
The adaptation for the biodiversity
Actions’ characteristic Adaptation Actions Estimated
cost in JOD
Strategic Establishment of a fire management plan 50,000
Alert / Communication Early warning system for flooding or fire hazards
Educational Educating the citizens 100,000
Technical
Fragmenting the forest into section to allow better fire management
Planning, construction and maintenance of forest roads
Trees planting
Years of Implementation
109