Green Too Can be deadly: Honey Mesquite Tree

10 July 2023

Salam Freihat and Mamdouh Al-Hanahneh


This investigation documents the story of the “Honey Mesquite tree”, which is among the ten worst species that are alien to the ecosystem of Jordan, despite those trees’ overwhelming spread in the southern and northern parts of the Jordan Valley, where they have impacted negatively people’s lives, farmers and their water security.



Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ)
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