<div style=""><span style="line-height: 107%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b>Nature
Inspired… Ethically Developed</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">RSCN’s handicraft workshops are part of the
socioeconomic development program for local communities. Eighteen handicraft
workshops have been set up in the past decade and are currently operated and
managed by RSCN. The eighteen workshops are located in and around different
RSCN managed nature reserves in an effort to spread benefits to different
underprivileged local communities. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">These workshops help to conserve nature by
providing new sources of income and employment for families in villages near to
nature reserves to reduce their dependency on the reserves’ natural resources.
Our workshops use the natural assets of protected areas to create sustainable
economic and social benefits for local communities. Over 60 local women have
been empowered through the workshops by providing them with employment, and are
helping to alleviate poverty in areas that offer few other employment
opportunities. These thriving handicraft enterprises are making conservation
important to the lives of local communities by providing alternatives to
hunting, overgrazing and a number of other threats to wildlife habitats in
Jordan.<span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">These nature-inspired businesses create
distinctive handmade products that are sold at&nbsp;RSCN Nature Shops, which
are located at Wild Jordan Center, Ajloun Forest Reserve, Dana Biosphere
Reserve, and Ayla Oasis.&nbsp;<span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">The unique and high-quality products are
wonderful as souvenirs, gifts or to decorate your home, and can be customized
for corporate and large orders.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><a href="https://www.rscn.org.jo/shop" target="_blank">Click here</a> to view our products at Nature Shop!</span></p></div>