<p><b>2000</b>: Held a national conference on the future of Azraq to stimulate debate on the water crises facing the oasis and to promote action on its behalf.</p><p><b>2000</b>: Awarded a medal by Hanover Expo 2000 organizers for the Dana Project, which is considered one of the world’s outstanding environmental initiatives.</p><p><b>2001</b>: Worked in cooperation with the Ministry of Education to cover water conservation issues in the national curriculum.</p><p><b>2002</b>: Released the Arabian Oryx into the wilderness of Wadi Rum.</p><p><b>2002</b>: Established a trust fund to ensure its ongoing sustainability, funded by the Jordanian Government and the USAID.</p><p><b>2002</b>: His Majesty King Abdullah II visited Mujib Biosphere Reserve.</p><p><b>2003</b>: Initiated eco-tourism programs, with Queen Rania placing the foundation stone of the eco-tourism facilities in Ajloun Forest Reserve.</p><p><b>2003</b>: Inaugurated the Visitor Center and Campsite at Mujib Biosphere Reserve.</p><p><b>2003</b>: Created a bird station at Azraq Wetland Reserve to enable researchers to study the migration and behavioural patterns of birds through ringing and sound recording.</p><p><b>2004</b>: Developed a partnership with the Police Department to activate the enforcement of wildlife protection laws and regulations.</p><p><b>2004</b>: Received an official delegation to manage the protected areas through the signing of a historic agreement with the Ministry of Environment.</p><p><b>2004</b>: Officially opened the Wild Jordan Nature Center, under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Rania, to enable RSCN to promote the sale of its natural products and services, thereby generating more jobs for the local communities, and more income for nature conservation, while increasing awareness of Jordan’s natural heritage.</p><p><b>2004</b>: Formally opened Ajloun Forest Reserve, under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Rania, and her declaration of Ajloun as the environmental capital of Jordan.</p><p><b>2004</b>: Established Dibeen Forest Reserve to protect the most important natural forest of Aleppo Pine in Jordan, and to have a home to the Persian Squirrel.</p><p><b>2005</b>: Informally opened Feynan Eco-lodge, an ambitious eco-tourism facility, which follows a totally new concept in environment-friendly accommodation.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><b>2005</b>: Launched its first Advocacy Committee to mobilize people to support RSCNs cause. The Advocacy Committee succeeded in its first campaign to persuade the government not to proceed with granting licenses to stone quarry in Ajloun forest.</p><p><b>2005</b>: Launched “Save Jordan’s Trees” Campaign in cooperation with several Jordanian environmental organizations and succeeded in blocking the government’s proposal to amend the agricultural law of 2005, which would have permitted investors to instigate business ventures in Jordan’s few forested areas.</p><p><b>2006</b>: Concluded an agreement with the Ministry of Tourism to operate the Dead Sea Panorama Complex, which includes the first Natural History Museum dedicated to the Dead Sea area.</p><p><b>2006</b>: Succeeded in saving the endangered Sarhani fish by breeding this rare species in special ponds in the Azraq Wetland Reserve.</p><p><b>2006</b>: Held the first annual Animal Action Week in Jordan and the Arab region, funded by the International Fund for Animal Welfare.</p><p><b>2006</b>: Participated in the establishment of an environmental police unit, in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment and Public Security Department.</p><p><b>2006</b>: Established a non-for-profit organization dedicated to developing the concept of fair trade in Jordan through a coalition with the Jordanian Hashemite Fund and the IUCN.</p><p><b>2006</b>: Released Roe Deer into Ajloun’s wilderness after 18 years of captive breeding.</p><p><b>2006</b>: Officially opened Azraq Lodge as a hub for exploring the eastern desert.&nbsp;</p><p><b>2007</b>: Commenced the execution of the Jordan Valley Integrated Ecological Systems Management Project, a qualitative leap in RSCNs work.</p><p><b>2008</b>: His Majesty King Abdullah II visited Azraq Wetland Reserve. His Majesty’s tour included a visit to Azraq Lodge and an introduction on the wetland reserve's administrative programs and socio-economic projects in the area. His Majesty showed his support for RSCN's programs in the area.</p><p><b>2008</b>: Prepared the National Network of Protected Areas Report which was approved by Council of Ministers. It covers the national plan for the establishment of a protected area network to complement the existing nature reserves. The report is based on the accumulated information, field studies, as well as the results of research, carried out by the reserves since the mid-seventies to date.</p><p><b>2008</b>: Integrated herbal and medicinal plants concepts into the national curricula for the first time.</p><p><b>2009</b>: The New Private Sector Partnership for Feynan Ecolodge RSCN has signed a new agreement with Ecohotels, whereby the company will be managing the operations of Feynan Ecolodge</p><p><b>2010</b>: His Majesty King Abdullah II laid the foun­dation stone of a specialized Academy for train­ing on the protection of nature and sustainable development near Ajloun Forest Reserve, which later was named the "Royal Academy for Nature Conservation".</p><p><b>2010</b>: The British Guardian awarded the first prize in the “Responsible Tourism” to RSCN in recognition of the integrated eco-tourism programs managed by RSCN with biodiversity conservation programs besides its contribution to the socio-economic development of local communities.</p><p><b>2010</b>: RSCN established Al Yarmouk Forest Reserve to become the seventh reserve managed within the "national network of protected areas."</p><p><b>2010</b>: The Royal Rangers (Environmental Police) in collaboration with RSCN have opened the first po­lice unit in Dana Biosphere Reserve, which is the first Royal Rangers unit among the reserves in Jordan.&nbsp;</p><p><b>2010</b>: The Social Security department evaluated RSCN and ranked it as the "Best Employ­er" due as per the results of a study performed by the Public In­stitution for Social Security in Jordan. RSCN was appreciated for its role in protecting the natural heritage of Jordan and for its policy in employ­ing the local communities' members living in and around nature reserves.</p><p><b>2010</b>: Developed the First program using SMS in Environmental Education.</p>