'Teacher syndicate to build a public park'

AMMAN — Within the framework of the a forestation project around the Kingdom, the Ministry of Agriculture announced on Wednesday that it will allow the Jordan Teachers Association (JTA) to build a park.  

The park will extend around 10 dunums, according to the ministry, located in the capital’s Yajouz area, to encourage utilising empty landscapes and turning them into parks, the ministry’s spokesperson, Nimer Haddadin, told The Jordan Times over the phone.

The project is aimed at encouraging all associations and organisations in both the private and public sectors to build parks and plant trees in different areas around the country, Haddadin added.

“We encourage any association that seeks to increase Jordan’s green cover to implement projects beneficial to the local community,” he said.

The spokesperson noted that the ministry recently launched an initiative to “involve associations and groups with society”.

“This is to share facilities and parks with the public, and to encourage them to ‘go green’,” Haddadin added.

Any association, party, or group willing to adopt a land and turn it into a public park has to plant forest trees and keep the facilities and park clean, according to the official.

The projected JTA park will be a place where members of the syndicate gather for meetings and other activities, he said.

He urged the public to make sure to collect leftover food after picnicking in public parks.