BirdLife International partner – The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN)

Founded in 1966, the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) is Jordan’s leading conservation organisation and the country’s largest environmental NGO. Mandated to protect Jordan’s biodiversity, RSCN is internationally recognised for its pioneering approach to integrating nature conservation with sustainable socio-economic development. Its work includes managing a national network of protected areas, restoring threatened species, supporting rural livelihoods through ecotourism, and promoting environmental education, research and advocacy. It is BirdLife International’s partner in Jordan. 

The African-Eurasian Flyway stretches from the Arctic to southern Africa and is one of four major global migration routes for birds. Often described as ‘avian superhighways’, these pathways are traversed by billions of birds each year, including species like Egyptian Vulture, Steppe Eagle, and Sociable Lapwing. But key sites along the flyway are under threat from habitat loss, illegal hunting, and climate change. Losing these places would have serious consequences for the birds that rely on them to rest, refuel, and breed.  

ERF’s support of RSCN is part of their £7.5 million grant to BirdLife International’s African-Eurasian Flyway grant which supports habitat restoration and protection work in Romania, Bulgaria, Iraq, Jordan, Uganda, Malawi and Zimbabwe, alongside efforts to grow nature-based economies and jobs. It will also strengthen rapid-response action against harmful developments and help operationalise the ground-breaking collaboration between BirdLife and the World Bank.