The partnership between Jordan Valley shepherds and environmentalists has now restored nearly 55 acres of land from a degraded wasteland into a fertile ecosystem featuring some of the latest conservation technologies.
Yehiya Moubarek would spend each day pacing behind his flock of sheep in the Jordan Valley, beating other shepherds to the water and green grass areas that were growing scarcer by the day due to climate change. About 20 years ago, a new competitor showed up: A group of environmental engineers had blocked off a portion of the land, using esoteric terms like “sustainable farming” to justify their actions.
“Lots of people were opposed to the project in the beginning, especially my own family. And I understand how they were thinking,” Moubarek told The Daily Beast, remembering the early days of the Jordan Valley’s EcoPark in 2004. “But when I spoke with the environmentalists, I felt that they were honest—these were people I could trust.”
More than a decade later, Moubarek now patrols the borders of the EcoPark, stopping to speak with shepherds whose sheep have encroached on the park’s borders. “Put yourself in the shoes of a farmer,” Lucas Beck, an environmentalist specializing in the Middle East and North Africa, told The Daily Beast. “Of course, they want to get the most out of their land as possible. This is a natural economic enterprise.”
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