This area houses the largest Aleppo Pines one of the oldest and naturally grown habitats in Jordan.

[3] The forest is known as the driest places in the region and ranges over 60 km and is changing in altitude of 500m to 1000m above sea level.

[3] Within the forest, there is a variety of moisture conditions, with wadis giving different regimes from those found on the steep slopes.

In 1966 their main focus was the decline in animal species due to illegal hunting in the area and the disregard to nature in Jordan.

[3] Between 2004 and 2007, UNDP led a project in the Dibeen Forest, Jerash, Al Meirad and Burma municipalities of the region to support the establishment of the nature reserve.

[7] Despite efforts to protect the forest, it is gradually and systematically being destroyed by the establishment of modern cement projects, intentional fires, over grazing and illegal sporadic logging.