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KKL Chairman Eyal Ostrinsky speaks at the dedication of the renewed Sayeret Shaked Park in the southern city of Ofakim, February 2, 2026. (Michael Houri, KKL-JNF Photo Archive)
June 13, 2026, 10:33 am
Youngest-ever KKL-JNF chair vows to cut waste, mend fences and rebuild trust
Eyal Ostrinsky says the org won’t buy West Bank land or fund projects for right-wing settler youth, claiming his priorities are more traditional — forestry and boosting populations in the periphery
By Sue Surkes
From left: Gilad Ostrovsky, chief forester and forestry department director at KKL-JNF, Chanan Zoref, recently retired director of the Judean Mountains District, and Shani Rohatyn-Blitz, the forestry department's coordinator of research and international relations, April 16, 2024. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
June 5, 2024, 12:38 pm
KKL-JNF moves from massive planting to target-driven, sustainable management
Policy is ‘to ask not where we can plant, but if there is a reason to plant,’ says former official, as 103-year-old organization adapts to climate change, protects ecosystems
By Sue Surkes
Ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Third from left is Israel Talpaz, cofounder and CEO of SeeTree, April 28, 2023. (NYSE)
May 12, 2023, 10:39 pm
Company that offers farmers intel on trees adapts tech to measure carbon absorption
Tel Aviv-based SeeTree partners with US afforestation company GreenTrees to develop machine-learning-based approach to calculating carbon sequestration for carbon credit market
By Sue Surkes
LyOr Rabinowiz clears weeds before planting new saplings at the Miyawaki forest in Shdemama, south-central Israel, January 30, 2023. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
February 6, 2023, 12:18 pm
In crowded Japanese-style forest, Israeli trees find space to grow
Miyawaki method mimics nature to reforest degraded land, in what proponents claim speeds process up tenfold
By Sue Surkes
Chaco landscape in South America. (Valerio Pillar, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons)
September 28, 2022, 9:39 pm
Planting trees in drylands unlikely to curb global warming, Israeli study shows
Researchers find that while forests planted on arid lands reduce heat by absorbing carbon, those gains are often lost to heat radiation caused by the so-called albedo effects
By Sue Surkes
A forest in Ukraine. (Aisheyko, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)
October 11, 2021, 6:30 pm
Ukraine asks KKL-JNF to help it plant a billion trees over three years
President Zelensky announced ambitious plan in June to help combat climate change. By way of comparison, all 27 EU nations together want to plant 3 billion trees
By Sue Surkes
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