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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

ecology

Hikers walk during an excursion along the Dead Sea shore near Kibbutz Ein Gedi in eastern Israel on December 30, 2024. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
January 29, 2025, 1:12 pm
Dead Sea facing ecological disaster but regional tensions makes solutions difficult
Salty lake rapidly evaporating due to industrial use and climate change, and officials say situation cannot be remedied without Jordanian cooperation
By Ruth Eglash
Raanan Ram, owner of Organic Farm in Klil, Western Galilee, on October 21, 2024. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
October 22, 2024, 8:30 am
An off-the-grid hippie hamlet in Israel’s north struggles for survival under rocket fire
With half the residents gone and most businesses closed, residents of the alternative community Klil work hard to maintain their laid-back lifestyle under almost daily Hezbollah attacks
By Diana Bletter
Students hold up signs reading 'Welcome Nir Oz' in Kiryat Gat on January 2, 2024. (Courtesy of the Municipality of Kiryat Gat)
January 4, 2024, 5:15 pm
Survivors of Kibbutz Nir Oz, a desert oasis, move into Kiryat Gat apartment towers
Locals from the growing southern city greet the traumatized newcomers with fanfare and a steady trickle of acts of goodwill
By Canaan Lidor
Passengers wade into the waters of the Dead Sea from Noam Bedein's boat on a recent excursion. (Noam Bedein via JTA)
August 9, 2023, 2:11 am
Boat trip aimed at saving Dead Sea also explores marvels revealed by its evaporation
Noam Bedein’s latest excursions have led him to discover sights he’s never seen as he seeks to save the natural wonder being depleted by water scarcity, industry and climate change
By Deborah Danan
Children at the Bi'ne B elementary school near Deir el-Asad in northern Israel crowd around an iguana, November 28, 2022. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
December 10, 2022, 9:29 am
From K-12 and beyond, Israeli children learn they can help the rainforests to heal
Education program based on study and action engages students by having them campaign for one of three endangered ‘biodiversity hotspots’ — and helping to save the winner
By Sue Surkes
A chameleon on an avocado tree. (Courtesy, Milopri farmers)
September 13, 2022, 8:12 am
1st-of-its-kind rewilding project links disused farmlands in eco-corridor
Ability of insects, small animals, plant species to migrate safely between areas is expected to boost biodiversity, benefit avocado orchards, meet EU eco-agriculture standards
By Sue Surkes
Peace Valley in spring. (Headquarters, the Protest to Save Peace Valley)
April 22, 2021, 5:10 am
For Earth Day, leading green group sets out its 10 priorities for Israel
Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel’s goals for coming years include protecting disappearing eco-corridors so wildlife can continue to roam despite development
By Sue Surkes
Israeli director Amos Gitai attends a photocall for the film "A Letter to a Friend in Gaza," presented out of competition on September 3, 2018, during the 75th Venice Film Festival, at Venice Lido. (AFP Photo/Alberto Pizzoli)
May 21, 2020, 7:54 am
Israeli director Amos Gitai calls for ecological rethink after coronavirus
Award-winning filmmaker says that a time of crisis is ‘the moment to try to find some perspective,’ warns ‘greed and advanced capitalism’ are destroying planet
By Alexandra Vardi
A lionfish seen at Shaab Angosh reef in the Red Sea. (Alexander Vasenin/Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0)
November 1, 2019, 7:25 pm
New, venomous fish penetrates Med, threatening local species
With no natural predators in the Mediterranean, the beautiful but voracious lionfish — one of 100 alien fish species off Israel’s western coast — are reproducing like wildfire
By Sue Surkes
Tamir Burstein Nevo removing the the termite-ravaged roof of a traditional Portuguese farmhouse in southern Portugal on May 9, 2019. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
August 20, 2019, 1:12 pm
In Portugal, Israelis search for a little slice of rustic paradise
A small but significant number of Sabras pursue a dream that transcends patriotism, buying large tracts of cheap rural land on which to live eco-friendly alternative lifestyles
By Melanie Lidman
Shrubland in Nahal Dishon
July 21, 2019, 6:48 am
Can’t see the forest for the trees? Environmental debate restarts on KKL forests
Forests harm biodiversity, says Society for Protection of Nature in Israel; KKL insists trees stop desertification; and a senior ecologist says both bodies have outdated ideas
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative photo of jellyfish. (Richard Kim/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)
July 11, 2019, 10:28 pm
Want to avoid jellyfish? There’s a website for that
Meduzot B’Am is part of a new citizen science project to help researchers map, track and study the marine creatures and improve their public image
By Sue Surkes
An image taken from video issued by Nekton shows Seychelles President Danny Faure, left, speaking from inside a submersible from the vessel Ocean Zephyr, under the water off the coast of Desroches, in the outer islands of Seychelles, April 14, 2019. (Nekton via AP)
April 14, 2019, 3:26 pm
Seychelles president’s underwater speech: Protect our oceans
Danny Faure issues call to action in first-ever live speech from submersible 400 feet below the waves of the Indian Ocean
By david keyton
In this June 8, 2018 photo, divers collect plastic and other debris during a cleanup organized by Camel Dive Club, at a dive site off the coast of the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh, in southern Sinai, Egypt. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)
April 2, 2019, 5:16 pm
Egypt province banning single-use plastics to clean up Red Sea
Restaurants, supermarkets, grocery stores, pharmacies and even docking cruise ships will face the new ban, part of environmental push along Hurghada coast
By Samy Magdy
Flames from a massive forest fire in Haifa still burning on November 25, 2016. The massive fires in the city a day earlier led to the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents (Gili Yaari /Flash90)
November 30, 2016, 1:38 pm
Ecologists advise Israelis to resist tree-planting after fires
Burnt forests and woodlands should be left alone to rejuvenate naturally, experts say
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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