What this guide is for
Your organization launches a PPP program to build and run eco-lodges, visitor centers, trails and the water, solar and waste systems of Jordan’s reserves as public-private partnerships (PPPs).
The case
Conservation bodies care for the land every project depends on
Reserves have long been funded by grants and entry fees, and the lodges and services inside them have often been built one at a time. The protected areas of the next fifty years will be paid for by the visitors and partners who use them, and the organizations that set up those partnerships now will decide how conservation is funded for as long as the contracts last. This guide invites nature reserves and conservation bodies in Jordan to launch a PPP program, starting with the projects at home.
The guide
Fund conservation from the $500 trillion PPP infrastructure opportunity
Your organization opens a dedicated PPP program, a team and a set of offers that build and run eco-lodges, visitor centers, trails and reserve utilities under long concessions, starting with Jordan’s $86 billion of projects and the $46 billion anchored in Aqaba.
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A PPP conservation team
A dedicated team that knows how PPPs are prepared, procured and financed follows every tourism, water, energy and land project in Jordan’s pipeline from the first market sounding and decides early where the reserves can gain or need protection.
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Visitor concessions
Eco-lodges, visitor centers, campsites and guided trails in reserves such as Dana, Ajloun Forest and Mujib can be run by private operators under concessions that protect the land and share revenue with conservation.
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Water, solar and waste
Reserves can buy clean power, water and waste services by performance, while a partner finances, builds and maintains the solar plants, water systems and recycling sites behind them.
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Reserve-led direct proposals
Jordan’s PPP Law No. 19 of 2023 accepts direct private proposals under Article 15. A conservation body can receive and invite proposals from companies, such as an eco-lodge, a wetland restoration at Azraq or a new visitor center, and review each one against the reserve’s management plan.
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Pilots as small-scale PPPs
PPP Regulation No. 9 of 2024 defines small-scale PPPs below $14.1 million, which can be bundled into one feasibility report and one tender. A solar and water system for one reserve or a new trail and visitor center at that scale gives the organization a live concession and a reference.
Why nature reserves and conservation bodies
Conservation bodies care for the land every project depends on
Clean water, healthy soil and wildlife support tourism, farming and the towns around them. The lodges, trails and utilities in a reserve suit the long contracts of a PPP, where a partner builds and runs them and part of the revenue pays for conservation.
Where conservation bodies fit in a PPP
- Preparation
- Habitat, water and visitor data that set the limits for every project near a reserve.
- Tender
- Concession rules that protect the land, employ local people and fund conservation.
- Financial close
- Lodge and utility finance backed by visitor fees and concession payments.
- Operation
- Rangers and monitoring that keep each concession within its management plan.
- Exit
- Stakes in operating lodges that impact funds and tokenized note holders can buy.
Visitors can pay for conservation
Reserves such as Dana, Ajloun Forest, Azraq Wetland, Mujib and Shaumari already welcome visitors from Jordan and abroad. Well-run concessions for lodges, trails and visitor centers can turn those visits into steady income for rangers, research and restoration, and into jobs for the villages around each reserve.
Why a program, and why now
Tourism projects, roads, solar plants and water lines are being planned across Jordan, and many will pass close to protected land. A program gives a conservation body a team, a pipeline and the partners to act first, and the organization that writes the rules for the first reserve concessions will set the standard for the rest.
Futureproofing
Futureproof Nature Reserves and Conservation Bodies in Jordan for the infrastructure singularity
This free 17-page guide shows how, with small PPPs in parallel, PPP research labs, artificial intelligence, robotics, tokenization and six first steps.
Jordan and Aqaba
An $86 billion pipeline to start with
Many of them, from tourism to water and energy, will be built near land that Jordan’s reserves protect. A Jordanian conservation body that runs one reserve concession at home can carry the same model to protected areas across the region.
- $86B
- of PPP and infrastructure projects in development in Jordan
- $46B
- of them anchored in Aqaba
Artificial intelligence
AI can watch over a reserve around the clock. It can read camera traps, acoustic sensors and satellite images, count wildlife, spot fires, overgrazing and illegal hunting early and forecast visitor numbers on every trail. A conservation body can use those tools to protect more land with the same rangers and to show partners what each concession achieves.
Robotics
Drones can map reserves, scatter seeds on degraded land and survey cliffs and wetlands that rangers cannot reach safely. A conservation body can use drones and ground robots to restore habitats, monitor water levels and inspect trails, and train young people from nearby villages to fly and repair them.
Tokenization
Tokenization can let visitors and investors fund the places they care about. Stakes in an eco-lodge or a restoration program can be offered as tokenized notes, paid from lodge revenue and visitor fees, and each token can record the trees planted and the wildlife counted.
Small PPPs and research labs
Small PPPs let a conservation body prove a new model in one reserve at low cost. It can host a PPP research lab that trials drone seeding, AI wildlife monitoring and off-grid lodges, publish every result and carry the pilots that work to every reserve in Jordan.
Unsolicited proposals
Direct proposals let companies bring an eco-lodge, a restoration program or a solar system to a reserve as their own project. A conservation body can invite them, review each one against its management plan and keep the proposer’s right to match the best offer at tender.
The program
How the program could work
The program can sit inside the organization’s conservation and tourism teams, with a PPP lead at its center and offers built from the reserves and knowledge it already holds.
- PPP team
- A small team of conservation, tourism, legal and finance people that covers every relevant PPP in Jordan’s pipeline.
- Visitor concessions
- Eco-lodges, visitor centers, campsites and trails run by partners under strict rules for the land.
- Reserve utilities
- Solar power, water and waste systems financed and run for each reserve by performance.
- Restoration
- Drone seeding, wetland recovery and AI monitoring funded from visitor revenue and partners.
- Direct proposals
- Reserve projects proposed under Article 15 and reviewed against each reserve’s management plan.
- Pilots
- Small-scale PPPs below $14.1 million, such as a reserve solar system or a new visitor center.
- Partners
- Agreements with tourism operators, municipalities, utilities, universities, banks and impact funds.
What the organization gains
The organization gains steady concession revenue that pays for rangers, research and restoration, partners who finance the lodges and utilities it needs and jobs for the communities around every reserve.
It also gains a stronger voice in how Jordan grows. The body that writes the rules for building near protected land will shape where tourism, energy and water projects go, in Jordan and across the region.
Next steps
How a conservation body can start
Any nature reserve or conservation body in Jordan can take this guide forward. The first steps use the reserves, rangers and partners it already has.
01
Mandate
Board approval for a PPP program, with its services, its reserves and its first-year goals.
02
Team
A named program lead, with conservation, tourism, legal and finance people drawn from the organization’s existing teams.
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Pipeline
A map of Jordan’s $86 billion of projects by sector and stage, and the projects that will be built near protected land.
04
Reserves
A plan for concessions, utilities and restoration in the first reserves, with the limits each site must keep.
05
Partners
Tourism operators, municipalities, utilities, universities, banks and impact funds.
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Pilot
A first visitor concession, reserve utility or direct proposal invited from companies, taken from idea to submission.
Jordan has the reserves, the visitors and a law that lets companies propose their own projects. A PPP program puts your organization at the center of how the superintelligent infrastructure future protects nature in Jordan.
The full document
Inside this guide
Seventeen pages and thirteen chapters, from the case for a PPP program to the first steps, written for nature reserves and conservation bodies in Jordan.
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01Introduction
Why a century of infrastructure needs rebuilding, and the $500 trillion it will take.
Page 3 of 17
02The guide
Fund conservation from the $500 trillion PPP infrastructure opportunity
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03Jordan and Aqaba
An $86 billion pipeline to start with
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04Artificial intelligence
How AI designs, structures and runs PPP projects, and what it means for nature reserves and conservation bodies.
Page 7 of 17
05Robotics
How robots build infrastructure and keep it running, and what that means for nature reserves and conservation bodies.
Page 8 of 17
06Tokenization
How tokenization funds projects from their own revenue, and the role it opens for nature reserves and conservation bodies.
Page 9 of 17
07Small PPPs in parallel
Why many small PPPs teach a country faster than a few large ones.
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08PPP research labs
A lab in each sector, running ten small PPP projects a year.
Page 11 of 17
09Unsolicited proposals
How Jordan’s PPP law accepts direct proposals from private companies.
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10Why nature reserves and conservation bodies
Conservation bodies care for the land every project depends on
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11The program
The program can sit inside the organization’s conservation and tourism teams, with a PPP lead at its center and offers built from the reserves and knowledge it already holds.
Page 14 of 17
12About
About Jordan PPP and what it offers.
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13Next steps
How a conservation body can start: six first steps.
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Questions
Questions about the guide for Nature Reserves and Conservation Bodies in Jordan
- What does the guide for Nature Reserves and Conservation Bodies in Jordan propose?
- Your organization launches a PPP program to build and run eco-lodges, visitor centers, trails and the water, solar and waste systems of Jordan’s reserves as public-private partnerships (PPPs).
- Why should nature reserves and conservation bodies in Jordan launch a PPP program?
- Conservation bodies care for the land every project depends on. Clean water, healthy soil and wildlife support tourism, farming and the towns around them. The lodges, trails and utilities in a reserve suit the long contracts of a PPP, where a partner builds and runs them and part of the revenue pays for conservation.
- Which PPP projects can nature reserves and conservation bodies in Jordan take part in?
- Jordan has about $86 billion of PPP and infrastructure projects in development, $46 billion of them anchored in Aqaba. Many of them, from tourism to water and energy, will be built near land that Jordan’s reserves protect. A Jordanian conservation body that runs one reserve concession at home can carry the same model to protected areas across the region.
- How can nature reserves and conservation bodies in Jordan start a PPP program?
- Any nature reserve or conservation body in Jordan can take this guide forward. The first steps use the reserves, rangers and partners it already has. The guide sets out six first steps: mandate, team, pipeline, reserves, partners and pilot.
- What does a PPP program give nature reserves and conservation bodies in Jordan?
- The organization gains steady concession revenue that pays for rangers, research and restoration, partners who finance the lodges and utilities it needs and jobs for the communities around every reserve.
- Is the guide for Nature Reserves and Conservation Bodies in Jordan free?
- Yes. It is free to read on this page and free to download as a 17-page PDF, with the case for a PPP program, Jordan’s pipeline, the role of AI, robotics and tokenization, the program and six first steps.
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