Jordan - iNaturalist World Tour

We end Week 16 of the iNaturalist World Tour in Jordan. The top observer is @cliygh-and-mia with observations clustered around the capital Amman. Several other top observers have observations near Amman such as @khaled5 who works as a tour guide across Jordan. Ecologist @ronf and Jerusalem Botanical Gardens botanist @fragmansapir are in Israel on the map because of all their observations in neighboring Israel, but they each are top observers within Jordan across the country and in places like the Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan's largest nature reserve. Severeal other top observers such as @harrisonlee07, @wildchroma, @paolaferruzzi, and @saysay123 have observations clustered near this reserve. @yairur is also in Israel on the map, but their Jordan observations are just along the border with the Golan Hights in the northwest corner of Jordan. Several top observers such as @denis_m have observations clustered in the coastal city of Aqaba.



The graph of observations per month had a peak centered on January 2017 and has been ramped up again in 2019.



@sammyboy2059, based inthe UAE, is the top identifier and leads in bird and mammal IDs. @ronf leads in plant IDs. @cliygh-and-mia leads in insect, herp, arachnid, and mollusk IDs. @ariel-shamir and @artem are other top identifiers lending their expertise from Israel and Armenia respectively.



What can we do to get more people in Jordan using iNaturalist? Please share your thoughts below or on this forum thread.

@cliygh-and-mia @ronf @yairur @fragmansapir @khaled5 @denis_m @harrisonlee07 @sammyboy2059 @ariel-shamir @artem

We’ll be back tomorrow in Jamaica!

Posted on October 14, 2019 06:13 PM by loarie loarie

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I would imagine we could increase the use of iNat in Jordan by attempting to contact the RSCN (Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature), a conservation orginization much like the US's Audubon society, and attempt to inquire about teaching tourists and locals who visit some of the country's national parks, reserves, and protected areas (Aqaba Bird Observatory, Wadi Rum, Wadi Mujib, Azraq Nature Reserve, etc) about iNaturalist and how to use it. Their website can be found by using the following link:

https://www.rscn.org.jo/

Posted by cliygh-and-mia over 4 years ago

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