Her speech came during an exclusive interview with Sky News Arabia, where she said: “Attention to environmental, nature and animal welfare issues requires concerted efforts to leverage the scientific and technological progress and the transition to achieve unconventional development in this field. regard.”
She pointed out that “these efforts at present have often become ineffective, given the increasing risks and difficulties, which have been reinforced by the low awareness of younger generations of the importance of preserving the environment in l lack of environmental awareness and the targeted environmental message that we need to develop ways to convey it to these groups that have become She prefers to live in cities in general, and is away from the environment and nature compared to previous generations.
Royal interest and “great danger”
Princess Alia bint Al Hussein explained that her interest in nature started from her childhood, when she grew up in the house of the late King Hussein bin Talal, who cared about the smallest details related to the environment and the animals, in addition to the rest. of the royal family of Jordan, which is very interested in these issues.
And she stressed that underestimating anything related to nature, no matter how small, is unacceptable, as its repercussions can be disastrous and will affect everyone, making it everyone’s responsibility.
And she continued, “It’s something that our true religion and all the heavenly religions have recommended to us. A person is a successor to the earth for its reconstruction”, and indicated that its reconstruction cannot be done by harming one of its components.
And she added: “Anyone who harms one part of nature will end up harming everyone else, and this respect for nature is inevitable because it is naturally stronger than humans and has no power over the consequences of the disruption of the balance of its delicate and interconnected system in any way, and given the natural disasters that result from negative behaviors.” For humans, this proves that we have no right to play with and to act freely with.
She drew attention to “the great danger that arises from dumping waste in nature, especially plastic, which takes hundreds of years to decompose, but rather that its decomposition is represented by the transfer of its toxic components to other living organisms, whether through the polluted water you drink or even when ingested directly or indirectly.” through the body’s food chain, often causing its death.
It is not too late
During her speech, the Princess affirmed that “it is not too late and that stopping bad practices against nature, as happened during the Corona pandemic, is enough to start recovery of nature, the return of environmental balance and the reduction of natural disasters that can happen if these violations against nature continue.
Regarding the national efforts and the aspirations of the Jordanian State for the sustainability of its environmental resources, Princess Alia Bint Al Hussein praised the local efforts for the right to the protection of nature, in which Jordan has been a pioneer in the region and in the world. at the legislative and executive levels.
These efforts were represented by the reduction of “individual” bad practices against nature, including poaching and illegal trafficking of animals and their smuggling to and from Jordan to neighboring countries and the world, emphasizing: “We aspire always to intensify these efforts and to always achieve the best in this file and all the other files at the local level.” Regional and international, in the light of the experiences of young people and the efforts of the various national institutions.
Premium nature
The Jordanian princess indicated that her country is characterized by a very distinct nature due to the great diversity within a small geographical area, and that the first efforts to take charge of the environmental dossier in the country led her to a very good stadium in relation to capacity availability.
She added, “The Kingdom contains various nature reserves, which have contributed to the protection of globally endangered wildlife and plant species. There are even wildlife species that have only been recorded in Jordan, such as types of plants. or even vertebrates.”
And she added: “However, we all aspire to increase these areas that protect wildlife so that they are within international standards which have been set at an approximate area represented by 20% of the area of ​​each country.”
problems and obstacles
She pointed out that Jordan faces many obstacles when it comes to the environmental record, including weak capacity and resources in light of the circumstances surrounding the country and the economic repercussions that have affected it in recent years. , due to the repercussions of the Corona pandemic. and various wars, in addition to the destruction of different environments and urban sprawl, as well as individual practices.
She called for concerted efforts to raise awareness of the importance of nature and collective and individual initiatives in protecting the environment, nature and animal welfare, and for everyone to assume their social responsibility to stop all practices that could harm the smallest detail of this file.
private enterprise
The Princess’s individual initiatives turned into the creation of a private non-profit foundation in 2009, called “Princess Alia Bint Al Hussein Foundation”, which is supervised by several specialized institutions.
The Foundation works in various fields, such as the protection of nature, animals and renewable energies, and the treatment of autism and mental disorders through horses and other animals, in addition to providing assistance to schools, to offer scholarships, to support chaste families in providing study conditions for their children, and to organize volunteering in many fields with Support Organizations and volunteers, in partnership with many official and private institutions.
According to the latest statistics, the Princess Alia Bint Al Hussein Foundation has more than 130,000 volunteers, 2,863 partners and has provided 404,981 volunteer opportunities, with a total of 3.4 million volunteer hours through its various programs.
Unique refuge experience
In addition, the Foundation created the nature reserve of shelters, the first of its kind, in partnership with the company “Fier Bufoten International”.
This reserve provides a suitable venue for the disposal of live seizures of various animal species that are seized in the Kingdom during smuggling and illegal trade.
All of these animals are screened before being disposed of in accordance with international standards, either by releasing them into suitable wild places or inside Jordan and in coordination with relevant actors such as the Royal Society for the Conservation of nature, or even outside them in places of their natural spread on a global scale”, and this is our first choice in the institution, but in certain cases. In the event that such animals cannot be released into the wild, they are kept with veterinary health services provided by specialized personnel.
The Shelter Reserve has received endangered animals from conflict and war zones in the region, in order to contribute to the protection of wild species at the regional level, in addition to the national level.
The shelter reserve experiment is one of the most successful and impactful experiments in the region, making it the premier destination for sheltering animals that have been seized or are missing. no suitable place to shelter them in the region in general.
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