‘Over 3,000 dunums planted with forest trees in 2012’

Jan 14,2014 - Last updated at Jan 14,2014

AMMAN — More than 3,000 dunums were planted with forest trees during 2012, according to the Department of Statistics (DoS), which indicated that forests in Jordan occupy 821,000 dunums of the country’s terrain.

A DoS report released on Tuesday on the occasion of Arbour Day said that there were over 23 million trees in Jordan by the year 2012.

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‘Over 3,000 unaccompanied, separated children entered Jordan since 2012’

Oct 19,2017

AMMAN — Over 3,000 unaccompanied and separated children (UASC) have entered Jordan since 2012, according to a recent report by INTERSO

‘Prices of food items dropped or remained stable since 2012’

Dec 14,2014

The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply has carried out a study to compare the prices of 49 food items in the years 2012, 2013 and 2014, which showed that the prices of 75 per cent of the commodities either went down or remained stable. 

‘Around 4.2 million tourists spent JD3 billion in Jordan in 2012’

Feb 12,2014

The tourism sector contributed JD1.222 billion to the Kingdom’s economy in 2012, an increase from JD1.138 billion in 2010 representing 6.5 per cent in direct contribution to the gross domestic product, according to an official report released Wednesday.