2023-05-22 19:12:13
Princess Alia Bint Al Hussein, the eldest daughter of the late King Hussein bin Talal, called for the importance of realizing the importance of protecting the environment in all its components, and promoting collective action, in light of the increasing challenges and various environmental issues whose repercussions affect everyone.
Her speech came during an exclusive interview with Sky News Arabia, where she said, “Attention to issues related to the environment, nature, and animal welfare requires concerted efforts to take advantage of scientific and technological progress and transition to achieve an unconventional development in this regard.”
She pointed out that “these efforts at the present time have often become ineffective, in light of the increasing risks and difficulties, which were reinforced by the weak awareness of the younger generations of the importance of preserving the environment in the absence of environmental awareness and the targeted environmental message that we need to develop ways to deliver it to these groups that have become She prefers to live in cities in general, and is far 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 began since her childhood, as she grew up in the house of the late King Hussein bin Talal, who was concerned with the smallest details related to the environment and animals, in addition to the rest of the royal family in Jordan, which is very interested in these matters.
And she stressed that underestimating anything related to nature, no matter how small, is unacceptable, because its repercussions may be dire and will be reflected on everyone, which makes it a responsibility for everyone.
And she continued: “This is something that our true religion and all the heavenly religions have recommended to us. A person is a successor to the land for its reconstruction,” and indicated that its reconstruction cannot be by harming any of its components.
Princess Alia Bint Al Hussein with King Abdullah II
Princess Alia Bint Al Hussein with King Abdullah II
And she added: “Whoever harms any part of nature will harm everyone in the end, and that respect for nature is inevitable because it is naturally stronger than humans and has no power over the consequences of disturbing the balance of its delicate and interconnected system in any way, and in view of the natural disasters that result from negative behavior.” For humans it proves that we do not have the right to mess with it and act completely freely with it.”
She drew attention to “the great danger that arises from throwing 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 polluted water that you drink or even when ingested directly or indirectly.” through the food chain of the organism, often causing its death.
It’s not too late
During her speech, the Princess affirmed that “it is not too late and that stopping wrong practices once morest nature, as happened during the Corona pandemic, is sufficient to start the recovery of nature, the return of environmental balance, and the reduction of natural disasters that may be coming if these violations once morest nature continue.”
With regard to 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 exerted for the right to protect nature, in which Jordan was a pioneer in the region and the world at the legislative and executive levels.
These efforts were represented in reducing the wrong “individual” practices once morest nature, including poaching and illegal animal trafficking and smuggling them to and from Jordan to neighboring countries and the world, stressing, “We still aspire to intensify these efforts and always reach the best in this file and all other files at the local level.” Regional and international, in light of the experiences of youth and the efforts of 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 early efforts in caring for the environmental file in the country brought it to a very good stage compared to the available capabilities.
She added, “The Kingdom contains various natural reserves, which have contributed to the protection of wild and plant species that are threatened with extinction at the global level. There are even wild species that were not recorded except in Jordan, such as types of plants or even vertebrates.”
And she added, “However, we all aspire to increase these areas that protect wild species so that they are within the international standards that have been set at an approximate area represented by 20 percent of the area of each country.”
problems and obstacles
She stressed that Jordan faces many obstacles with regard to the environmental file, most notably the weakness of capabilities and resources in light of the circumstances surrounding the country and the economic repercussions that affected it during the past 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 social responsibility in stopping any practices that may harm the smallest detail of this file.
private enterprise
The Princess’s individual initiatives developed into the establishment of a private, non-profit foundation in 2009, called the “Princess Alia Bint Al Hussein Foundation”, which is supervised by several specialized institutions.
The Foundation works in various issues, such as protecting nature, animals and renewable energy, and treating autism and mental disorders through horses and other animals, in addition to providing assistance to schools, providing scholarships, supporting chaste families in providing study requirements for their children, and organizing volunteer work 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 includes more than 130,000 volunteers, 2,863 partners, and provided 404,981 volunteer opportunities, with a total of 3.4 million volunteer hours through its various programs.
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Unique shelter experience
In addition, the Foundation established the natural shelter reserve, which is the first of its kind, in partnership with the “Fier Bufoten International” company.
This reserve provides a suitable place for the disposal of live seizures of various animal species that are seized in the Kingdom during smuggling and illegal trade.
All these animals are examined before disposing of them according to international standards, either by releasing them to appropriate wild places, whether inside Jordan and in coordination with relevant stakeholders such as the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature, or even outside them to places of their natural spread globally, “and this is our first choice in the institution, but in some cases In cases such animals cannot be released into the wild, they are kept with veterinary health services provided by a specialized staff.
The Shelter Reserve has received some endangered animals within the conflict and war zones in the region, to contribute to the protection of wild species on a regional level, in addition to the national level.
The experience of the shelter reserve is one of the most successful and prominent experiences in the region, which made it the first destination for sheltering animals that have been seized or that there is no suitable place to shelter them in the region in general.
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