ISRAEL MFA
 MFA newsletter
   
 
MFA     Peace Process     Regional Projects     Partnerships in Development 1998- Chapter 1

Partnerships in Development 1998- Chapter 1

30 Sep 1997
 Chapter 1 The Jordan Rift Valley
 INTRODUCTION  |  JORDAN  RIFT  VALLEY  |  GULF  OF  AQABA  | SOUTH  EAST  MEDITERRANEAN  | ISRAEL  PROJECTS
 
 
1. INTRODUCTION
 
 
1.1. Regional Collaboration and the Integrated Development of the JRV
1.2. The Vision and Development Strategy of the JRV
1.3. Environmental Considerations
1.4. The Master Plan and its Core Projects

 
 
2. WATER
 
 
2.1. The Institutional Framework for Water Management in Israel and Jordan
2.2. Integrated Program of Water Development in the Jordan Valley in Israel
2.3. Adassiya Diversion Dam on the Yarmouk River
2.4. Wadi Araba/Arava Hydrogeological Investigation
2.5. Joint Israeli-Jordanian Water Plant on the Dead Sea

 
 
3. TOURISM
 
 
3.1. Tourism Cooperation Project for the Northern Jordan Valley
3.2. Cross-border Desert Tourism in the Wadi Araba/Arava
3.3. Development of Tourism Infrastructure at the Dead Sea
3.4. Joint School for Tourism at the Dead Sea

 
 
4. TRANSPORTATION
 
 
4.1. Road from Haifa to Irbid via Sheikh Hussein Bridge and eastwards
4.2. Bridges across the Jordan River
4.3. Additional Border Crossings at the Dead Sea and Arava/Wadi Araba
4.4. Railway connection between Haifa and Mafraq

 
 
5. LOGISTICS, TRADE AND INDUSTRY
 
 
5.1. Industrial Parks at the Sheikh Hussein Border Crossing and Beit Shean
5.2. Small Scale Industrial Workshops and High-Tech Incubators Near the King Hussein Crossing

 
 
6. ENVIRONMENT
 
 
6.1. The Restoration of the Lower Jordan River
6.2. "The Lowest Park on Earth" at the Dead Sea
6.3. Bi-National Nature Reserve: Extension and Linkage of the Dana and Nahal Sheizaf Nature Reserves
6.4. Control of Flies in the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea Region
6.5. Environmental Resources Survey and Database for the Arava/Wadi Araba
6.6. Dead Sea Special Studies
6.7. Monitoring Bird Migration in the JRV

 
 
7. AGRICULTURE AND AQUACULTURE
 
 
7.1. Awassi Sheep Breeding Pilot Farm in the Wadi Araba/Arava
7.2. Contract Production of Vegetables for Export in the Southern Ghors
7.3. Collaborative Research in Crop and Livestock Production
7.4. Joint Agricultural Training and Professional Exchange Programs
7.5. Establishment of Demonstration Small-Scale Intensive Fish Farms

 
 
8. TELECOMMUNICATIONS
 
 
8.1. East/West Amman to Tel Aviv International Cable

 
 
9. ENERGY
 
 
9.1. Regional Energy Center

 
 
E-mail to a friend
Print the article
Add to my bookmarks
   
 
   
 
     Feedback | Map | Hebrew     
 
© 2008 Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs - The State of Israel. All rights reserved.   Terms of use   Use of cookies