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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 434

SPNI Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel

An undated photo of a pair of eco-toilets at the IDF Nitzanim training base in southern Israel. (Guy Saly, Nature Defense Force)
October 13, 2024, 10:20 am
Army cleans up its act with eco-toilets
Following pilot project, officer in charge of environmental protection calls for wide adoption of eco-toilets where permanent facilities needed in open areas
By Sue Surkes
A Sinai hooktail spotted in the Arava Desert in southern Israel. (Itai Shanni)
May 2, 2024, 4:15 pm
Dragonfly new to Israel discovered in kibbutz ‘bio-blitz’
Sinai hooktail spotted during 24-hour wildlife survey by experts and members of public in and around Kibbutz Neot Smadar in southern Israel
By Sue Surkes
Residential homes, severely damaged during Hamas's October 7 onslaught on southern Israel, line a street in the Olives Neighborhood of Kibbutz Be'eri on January 1, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
April 17, 2024, 12:10 pm
Nature org urges opposition to ‘draconian’ proposals for rebuilding Gaza border area
Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel holds emergency meeting to warn that new committees proposed in draft law memorandum will empower government, at expense of residents
By Sue Surkes
A six-legged deer with a rare genetic defect was spotted in southern Israel in a photo released on April 8, 2024. (Society for Protection of Nature in Israel)
April 8, 2024, 2:34 pm
Six-legged gazelle born with rare genetic defect spotted in Israel’s south
Sighting marks first time the polymelia disorder has been seen in the endangered Israeli mountain gazelle, of which there are fewer than 5,000 in the wild
By ToI Staff
Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman speaks during a debate in the Knesset, August 16, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 4, 2024, 8:58 pm
Knesset passes 1st reading of climate bill without any clear budgeting
In what opponents see as capitulation to Finance Ministry, bill allows government to change climate goals and time targets, as well as base year for comparison
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Bats in cave Teumim in Beit Shemesh on October 9, 2006. (Jorge Novominsky /Flash90.)
July 15, 2023, 1:25 pm
High Court blocks Galilee vacation home project that endangers rare bat nesting cave
Court finds planners did not take into account potential ecological damage and says obligation to preserve nature for entire public trumps company’s economic interests
By ToI Staff
Authorities say they are probing the mysterious deaths in recent days of about 1,000 endangered seagull chicks in northern Israel, June 28, 2023 (Yosef Chiat/Atlit Gull Project)
June 30, 2023, 11:10 am
Authorities probing mystery deaths of endangered chicks at nesting colony
Nature groups warn the deaths of some 1,000 young terns ‘means the elimination of the nesting season’ for 2 species at risk of local extinction
By ToI Staff
Construction of new residential buildings on Allenby Street in Tel Aviv, May 21, 2023. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
May 25, 2023, 3:48 am
Planning approvals for new housing hit multi-year high in 2022
Planning authority sees nearly 50% rise in new housing agreements, while protected spaces and green energy projects also increase
By Danielle Nagler
The common blue butterfly. (Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)
April 24, 2023, 12:36 am
Blue and white butterfly voted national icon in run up to Independence Day
The common blue butterfly beats out 139 winged contestants; southern white admiral comes in second, followed by African monarch in third
By Sue Surkes
Participants in ths ninth annual Champions of the Flyway international bird-spotting contest, photographed in Eilat, southern Israel, March 27, 2023. (Dov Greenblat, Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel)
March 28, 2023, 7:42 pm
Birders gather in southern Israel for 24-hour spotting contest
More than 150 competitors from as far afield as Colombia, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Finland and the UK raise over $35,000 to protect the illegally hunted rare red-breasted goose
By Sue Surkes
Reches Lavan, or White Ridge, east of Jerusalem. (Dov Greenblat, Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel)
February 23, 2023, 4:02 pm
Court halts major Jerusalem Hills urban plan, orders environmental assessment
Society for Protection of Nature in Israel welcomes ruling, urges government to cancel Reches Lavan project and preserve area as a national asset
By ToI Staff and Sue Surkes
Thousands march through Tel Aviv to call for government action on climate change, October 29, 2021. (Green Course)
October 25, 2022, 4:21 pm
Green group urges Israelis to attend Friday’s annual pre-COP27 climate march
With surveys indicating that politicians lag behind public on environmental issues, nature organization cites ‘shameful disregard of the climate crisis’ in run-up to election
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative photo of a Barn Owl. (photo credit: CC BY-SA paddynapper, Flickr)
September 8, 2022, 7:08 pm
Israeli use of barn owls to control rodents heading to N. Africa, UAE
‘We failed with the dove of peace. The barn owl is doing much better,’ says veteran ornithologist and project creator Yossi Leshem
By Sue Surkes
Aerial view of the Maccabiah compound on Poleg beach, Netanya, July 11, 2022. The access road cut through the dune can be seen on the right. (|Rika Edelman)
July 14, 2022, 6:41 pm
Netanya accused of abusing fragile beach ecosystem with facility for Maccabiah Games
Local residents and Society for Protection of Nature say city violated national planning committee rules; Maccabiah denies allegations
By Sue Surkes
An aerial view of Gamla on the Golan Heights. (AVRAMGR, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)
July 7, 2022, 6:54 pm
Planning committee approves two new Jewish villages on Golan Heights
Society for Protection of Nature in Israel, which opposed the move along with Environment Ministry and Nature Authority, argues existing communities should instead be expanded
By Sue Surkes
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