<p><b>1966</b>: Officially established The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature on 24 of April as one of the first voluntary conservation organizations in the region, under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Noor, with His Majesty the late King Hussein as the honorary president.</p><p><b>1973</b>: Given the responsibility by the Government to regulate hunting and issuing hunting licenses. To meet this challenge, RSCN created the country’s first hunting patrols to enforce lawful hunting.</p><p><b>1975</b>: Established the first nature reserve in Jordan, Shaumari Wildlife Reserve, to provide a release for the magnificent Arabian oryx, which had been brought to the edge of extinction by indiscriminate hunting.</p>