The Azraq Wetland Reserve was selected as one of the top 100 best sustainable tourist destinations in the world. The announcement was made during a conference, organised by the World Green ...

Azraq, which means blue in Arabic, also contains several pools, and a seasonally flooded marshland. A variety of birds flock to the Azraq Wetland Reserve each year, stopping for a short rest along ...

Hussein is the resident bird guide at the Azraq Wetland Reserve, a tiny oasis in the Jordanian desert about 100 kilometres east of the capital Amman. One rarely hears about ecological destruction ...

AMMAN - Jordan: In line with the Bank's commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility and promoting awareness on the importance of protecting the environment in Jordan, INVESTBANK organized a field ...

To map the progress of Azraq’s rescue project, as well as monitor other wetlands worldwide, data from Earth-observing satellites are being exploited to map the areas’ water, natural land and ...

A resilient dietary strategy balancing reliable wetland plants and "riskier" seasonal grasses may have driven adoption of the sedentary lifestyle which later became typical of Neolithic humans ...