Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael
Jewish National Fund
 Home page » People and Environment » Community Development » Negev » Environment
|
|
|
Environment
|
"It is in the Negev that the creativity and pioneering vigor of Israel shall be tested.”
- David Ben-Gurion
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A liman near Yatir Forest. Trees are planted in a mini embankment that traps water from flashfloods, which then irrigates the trees. Photo: Yoav Devir
Encouraging grazing in forests removes dry brush and scrub from the forest floor, reducing fire risks. Photo: Yoav Devir
Tree groves in Nahal Shikma, growing with the help of limans. Photo: KKL-JNF
A KKL-JNF fire watch-tower in the Ruhama badlands. Photo: KKL-JNF
Trees growing around the community of Meitar, thanks to shikhim, raised ridges of earth that harvest water from flashfloods. Photo: KKL-JNF
Trees growing near Yatir Forest thanks to shikhim- raised ridges of earth that harvest water from flashfloods. Photo: KKL-JNF
View of Yatir Forest, the largest planted forest in the Middle East, in the Negev. Photo: Yoav Devir
An ibex in Yatir Forest. Photo: Yoav Devir
Planting trees far apart to create a green area suitable for a desert region is called savannization. Photo: Yoav Devir
Planting trees far apart to create a green area suitable for a desert region is called savannization. Photo: Yoav Devir
KKL-JNF:
-
conserves and maintains Israel's largest forests, Lahav and Yatir, in the northern Negev, which contribute to carbon sequestration.
-
constructs limans, clusters of trees planted in micro-catchments that subsist on rainwater runoff alone.
|
KKL-JNF is creating a better and brighter environmental future for the Negev!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|