Dana Biosphere Reserve & Feynan
Dana Biosphere Reserve is an area of staggering beauty, history, and
biodiversity.
The only reserve in Jordan that encompasses the four
different bio-geographical zones of the country (Mediterranean,
Irano-Turanian, Saharo-Arabian and Sudanian), it is a melting pot of
species from Europe, Africa and Asia. Such a combination of natural
communities in a single area is unique in Jordan and many of Dana
Biosphere Reserve’s animals and plants are very rare.
So far, a total of
800 plant speciesand 449 animal species have been recorded in the
Reserve, of which 25 are known to be endangered, including the Sand Cat,
the Syrian Wolf, the Lesser Kestrel and the Spiny Tailed Lizard.
