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- After Senegal, in fact, a while ago, we now point at the worldwide dry on the map, Jordan, and Aman in particular.

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- As our colleague just explained it, the desertification issue is especially sensitive in the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan,

- 92,000 square meters of territory, of which only 5,000 square meters are farmed.

- The rest of the country does not get enough rain to grow cereals.

- Desert moves forward.

- Example:

- on those images the Badia, that covers 20 to 25% of the country get enough rain in winter to bear an animal and vegetal life,

- some of those lands are even famous in recent history, let’s say for the past 2 millenniums, to carry trees and plants like acacias, tamaracks.

- But when human activities intensified during the past 500 years,

- many of those lands lost their capacity to regenerate their vegetal resources.

- Erosion due to wind and water, cut by men themselves trees and bushes.

- Desertification started.

- We reckon that about 2,000 square kilometers are forever lost and that 15,000 square kilometers are threatened by the same fate.

- As regards the numerous mountains and hills, even if they are located in the zones with heavy rains, they became bare

- and almost lost all their soil, and of course without this superficial ground layer, no vegetation can grow.

- Thus if men’s action goes on as it used to

- and if the measures to be taken as regards to the preservation and the use are not taken, many zones close to these already lost soils will be covered with stones.

- During those past 25 years, Jordan intensified its fighting action against desert,

- an exemple, the preservation of vegetal life, and the reintroduction of animal species that had disappeared or that are endangered such as gazelles.

- Besides, trees and bushes plantations permitted life to come back.

- It is a slow process but very important.

- Watering projects exist to.

- So deserts can bloom.

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