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Ensuring that cities are inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable for growing urban populations.
| KKL-JNF preserves open spaces for a sustainable environment, in which it develops community forests, urban parks, community gardens, and biofilters, among projects to improve urban environments. |
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Plans and develops community forests and works cooperatively with residents on a range of community forest related activities: ~25 |
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Developed parks and open spaces in local authorities: ~300 |
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Involves the public in planning forests near cities |
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Constructed urban bike trails that connect to forests and between neighborhoods, workplaces, industrial zones and residential areas, schools, and leisure and recreation sites: ~234 km |
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Prepared land for agriculture: ~100,000 hectares (250,000 acres) in ~1,000 communities, providing decent livelihoods for farmers in the periphery |
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Prepared land for olive groves: ~1,756 hectares;4,391 ac, providing livelihoods for farmers (~294 ha;735 ac, northern region; ~1,421 ha; 3,552 ac, central region; ~42 ha;105 ac, southern region) |
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Provides tree saplings for regional and local councils: ~300,000 annual average |
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Constructs and runs the KKL-JNF Heritage Centers, providing youth in the periphery with opportunities for academic and social development. Currently, 2 active facilities (Nof HaGalil and Kiryat Malakhi) and 8 planned (Sderot, Ofakim Beit She'an, Kiryat Shmona, Tzfat, Akko, Be'er Sheva and Migdal HaEmek) |
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Manages Israel's forests and promotes master plans for their conservation for the enjoyment and well-being of all the country's residents, providing a variety of ecosystem services through community engagement |
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Provides forest education programs, including "Forest Gardens", in which kindergarten and elementary schoolchildren regularly enjoy a day of learning in forest settings; an opportunity to connect with nature and where they engage in activities to develop social skills, among others |
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| * * The data contained herein is from the field and authoritative KKL-JNF sources. With that, KKL-JNF's ever-evolving projects and activities are difficult to specifically quantify. |
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