"The Municipality and Environment" Sign a Cooperation Agreement to Increase Green Spaces

The Greater Amman Municipality and the Ministry of Environment signed a cooperation agreement today, Sunday, to enhance environmental cooperation and support the increase in green areas and improve the quality of life and the urban landscape by planting 200 'land scraps' within the areas of Amman city.

The agreement, signed by the Minister of Environment Dr. Ayman Suleiman and the Chairman of the Amman Municipality Committee, Engineer Ahmed Al-Malki, aims to enhance cooperation and coordination in investing suitable spaces and scraps within Amman city to increase green areas, which supports improving air quality and improving the urban and environmental landscape.

Minister of Environment Dr. Ayman Suleiman said that green spaces represent the 'lung of cities' due to their role in improving air quality, reducing the effects of climate change, and enhancing the urban landscape.

Suleiman added that the Ministry of Environment, through the Environment Protection Fund, will support the implementation of a project to plant 200 land scraps within the areas of the capital, explaining that the project will start in four places as a first phase in the coming period, distributed over the northern, eastern, western, and southern areas of the capital according to priorities and technical and environmental readiness of the sites.

In this context, Minister Suleiman congratulated the Greater Amman Municipality on the occasion of Amman being chosen as the Arab Capital of the Environment for 2026, appreciating the efforts made by the Municipality in preparing the nomination file, noting that Amman's selection was based on its evaluation according to 13 environmental and urban criteria and indicators, including aspects of sustainability, urban resilience, green spaces, waste management, transportation, and other fields related to the environment and urban development.

For his part, the Chairman of the Amman Municipality Committee, Engineer Ahmed Al-Malki, said that the signing of the agreement confirms Amman Municipality's keenness to implement government directives related to increasing green spaces and enhancing the urban environment and improving the quality of life for citizens, which are among its priorities and within its strategic plans for building a healthy and sustainable city capable of facing climate change.

He stressed the Municipality's keenness to enhance partnerships with all national institutions to achieve sustainable development, pointing out that cooperation with the Ministry of Environment contributes to investing available spaces and scraps in a way that enhances the urban landscape.

It should be noted that the agreement stipulates the identification of suitable locations and areas for planting according to priorities and technical and environmental considerations, coordination in selecting trees and shrubs suitable for local climatic conditions, taking into account the efficient use of water, and exchanging technical expertise and information in this field, in addition to cooperation in environmental awareness and highlighting the positive impact of increasing green spaces, and following up on jointly implemented initiatives and measuring their environmental impact