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Protecting Water Reservoirs in Jordan through labour-intensive Measures
Contributing IUCN constituents:Royal Botanic Garden
Project Details
| Name | Protecting Water Reservoirs in Jordan through labour-intensive Measures |
| Description | Protecting Water Reservoirs in Jordan through labour-intensive Measures The project aims to enhance the restoration of biological boundary at RBG's site to avoid soil erosion and decrease the sedimentation at King Talal reservoir; around 4.5 km. length of the boundary was restored through planting different shrubs and trees. |
| Contributing IUCN Constituent | Royal Botanic Garden |
| Start Date | 12/31/2016 |
| End Date | 12/30/2020 |
| Conservation Actions | 1.1 Site/Area Protection |
| Needed annual budget | $900,000.00 |
| Total annual budget | $871,334.00 |
| Staff | ♀ 20 | ♂ 20 |
| Beneficiaries | ♀ - | ♂ - |
Potential reduction of species extinction risk resulting from threat abatement actions
This stacked bar chart represents the relative disaggregation of the selected contribution's total potential opportunity for reducing global species extinction risk through taking actions to abate different threats to species within its boundaries. The percentages refer to the amount of the total opportunity that could potentially be achieved through abating that particular threat.
% Contribution of threats to species extinction
1.00%
1.2 Commercial & industrial areas
1.01%
7.1 Fire & fire suppression
1.07%
11.3 Temperature extremes
1.10%
8.1 Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases
1.26%
5.3 Logging & wood harvesting
1.38%
7.2 Dams & water management/use
1.48%
1.1 Housing & urban areas
1.72%
4.1 Roads & railroads
1.75%
6.3 Work & other activities
1.82%
6.1 Recreational activities
1.99%
3.3 Renewable energy
2.15%
8.2 Problematic native species/diseases
2.76%
2.2 Wood & pulp plantations
2.91%
11.1 Habitat shifting & alteration
3.55%
11.4 Storms & flooding
4.18%
7.3 Other ecosystem modifications
5.39%
4.2 Utility & service lines
5.96%
11.2 Droughts
7.32%
9.3 Agricultural & forestry effluents
7.32%
2.3 Livestock farming & ranching
19.25%
5.1 Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals
21.33%
2.1 Annual & perennial non-timber crops
Threat type