AMMAN — The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) has launched a national project to combat littering in forests and encourage picnickers to collect their trash, conservationists said on Saturday.
Under the project, the RSCN will target three forest parks frequented by picnickers by installing garbage bins, distributing trash bags and raising the awareness of visitors and local communities on the need to protect natural sites, RSCN Director General Yehya Khaled said.
Implemented by the RSCN and financed by the USAID-funded Public Action in Water, Energy and Environment Project, the project will apply social marketing as a method to achieve behavioural change, Khaled noted.
“The project builds on the success of a recent initiative implemented in Dibbeen Forest Reserve, where the number of picnickers using garbage bags to collect their trash increased after the society launched an anti-littering campaign,” he said.
The three parks where the new project will be implemented are Al Shulah in Irbid Governorate, Al Barrah in Tafileh Governorate and the Scandinavian Forest in Balqa Governorate, according to the RSCN.
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