Environment and Sustainability

KKL-JNF champions the principle of sustainable development, the meaning of which actually can be found within the organization’s very name “Keren Kayemeth” (“kayamut” is Hebrew for sustainability) – making it a part of the organization’s worldview.

KKL-JNF supports numerous renewable energy initiatives in the Arava, as well as the research and development of sustainable agriculture that minimizes the use of water, land and fossil fuels.

Agenda 2030 is based on the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Here is how our forestry and afforestation activities line up with 3 of them.

In Israel, the concept of “making the desert bloom” was accepted long before anyone had coined the concept of “climate change.” As time went by, combatting desertification became a principal value of national importance.