Duration: March 2011 - December 2013

Client and Donor: Jordan Development Zone Company (JDZ)

Location: Jordan

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Project Description: 

The Development and Free Zones Commission (DFZC) has requested that the Jabal Ajloun Development Company Zone as a Master Developer prepare a strategic environmental assessment for the Anjara Military Base area (JADA). ECO Consult conducted the SEA focusing on community involvement and on minimizing the footprint of the Project as the development falls within highly forested and near Haraj areas. The SEA ensured sustainable development and enveloped the development of JADA area according to Environmental, Social, and Economic quality objectives. The process for the SEA mimicked that of the Ministry of Environment’s EIA process; however the ultimate regulator was DFZC.

Provided Services: 

ECO Consult worked on identifying environmentally sensitive areas within the context of the social and economic setting, natural environment, and the built environment, which constituted the constraint areas to be bypassed by JADA. The assessment was conducted according to environmental, social, and economic objectives that lead towards satisfying sustainable development objectives. Additionally, the SEA was carried out in collaboration and consultation with the stakeholders and the local community to ensure an informed decision making process.
Recommendations, performance requirements, and environmental enhancement measures were identified to be considered by JDZ and DFZC during project design, implementation, and operation. The Strategic Environmental Assessment identified potential impacts on the environment based on Project documents and the JADA Conceptual Master Plan. Additionally, their significance and likelihood of the impacts were assessed, appropriate mitigation measures recommended, and areas, where further monitoring work is required, were identified.
In this regard, ECO Consult reviewed and assessed the associated legislation, strategies, and policies in the context of the JADA Project, which eventually lead to creating performance requirements and quality objectives that investors will have to follow in order to ensure the Royal vision and the targets of the DFZC and compliance.