Links to Other Sites on Jordan

Jordan nature sites

• Some bird photos by Mansour Mouasher
• Jordan Biodiversity
• Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature in Jordan (RSCN)
• Arabian Wildlife articles
  • Dana by Richard Porter
  • Jordan by Chris Bradley
  • Wadi Rum proposed as new nature reserve - RSCN

Jordan government and Royal Palace sites

• King Abdullah II Official Website
• Office of King Hussein I of Jordan, includes much information on the Hashemites, Jordan economy, government, tourism, history, royalty, peace keeping and laws
• HM Queen Noor of Jordan, includes 'Environmental Conservation' pages
• The Noor Al Hussein Foundation
• Jordanian National Information System - data from 100+ public organizations
• Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
• Biodiversity - includes photo gallery of habitats and wildlife

Jordan general

• Ruth's Jordan - with lots of useful information
• British Embassy, Amman
• British Council, Amman
• Jordan - country study - by the Library of Congress, USA (but dated 1989)
• Lonely Planet - Destination Jordan
• Travel Advisory from the US State Department
• Jordan Tourism Board, includes 'Wildlife and Reserves'
• Jordan Tourism Board - North America
• Jordan Meteorology Department
• Royal Jordanian Airlines
• Discovery - eco-tour operators
• Nabataea - 350+ web pages, 1100+ pictures and maps, and hundreds of thousands of words, on the ancient Nabataean Kingdom (by Dan Gibson)
• The World Factbook - Jordan - produced by the CIA!
• Arabia.On.Line - news and information on the Arab world
• National Weather Service - current weather for Jordan
• Jordan Times - English language newspaper
• Archaeology in Jordan
• Jordan Travel Exchange
• Geology and geography of Jordan - a tourist's guide
• Lawrence of Arabia - Jeremey Wilson's factfile on T.E. Lawrence
• Lawrence of Arabia - the film
• New Opportunities for Mountaineering, Adventure & Desert Sports - includes Jordan
• Wadi Rum rock page - rock climbing

Satellite photos and maps

• University of California, Berkeley - free ex-Soviet 1:100k maps
• NASA - free photos taken by astronauts (go to 'find photos' and click on map)
• ResMap - free on-line imagery, Landsat etc (needs fast internet connection)
• Univeristy of Maryland - Global Land Cover Facility - free Landsat etc

Other Middle East wildlife sites

• Wetlands International - "Directory of Wetlands in the Middle East" (Scott 1995)
• BirdLife Middle East
• Friends of the Earth - Middle East
• Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon
• Ornithological Society of the Middle East (OSME)
• Birds Oman
• Birding Israel
• Kibbutz Lotan Centre for Birdwatching - birds, birdwatching and birding tours in Israel
• Birding Egypt
• Palestine Wildlife Society
• Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia (ABBA)
• Bird links in the Middle East
• North Cyprus Birds
• Zoology in the Middle East journal
• Arabian Wildlife magazine

E-mail groups

• MEBirdNet

Other links

• Eurobirding - trip reports
• Birdtours.com - trip reports

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