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backpackers Investing in local communities. Illustration: depositphotos.com

to travel for nature

How did your trip help the environment you were in? Get to know restorative tourism, which is not only harmless - but also helps nature and local communities during the trip. Food for thought in honor of Hul Moed trips
Yaniv Bleicher Director of the Department of Environmental Management, Ecotion Photography

Cooperation between the authorities and civil society organizations has never been more important

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In order to honor the efforts of the local authorities, the "Equasion" association operates the "Blue Flag" program on some of Israel's declared bathing beaches - an international program for the environmental management of bathing beaches and marinas on behalf of the FEE (Foundation for Environmental Education) organization.
A clean tropical beach without "development". Illustration: depositphotos.com

The beaches can serve as a natural buffer between the sea and the depth of the land, if man removes his intervention

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An initiative is needed to save the beaches that are damaged due to human activity combined with global warming.
Komodo dragon in a national park in Indonesia. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The species that live in nature reserves will be better protected against climate change

The researchers: "Amphibians and reptiles that live in nature reserves around the world will be more protected from climate change, but are still likely to be damaged."
Soil transplantation is a method in which healthy soil is transferred to an area where the soil needs restoration. A plot where soil transplantation was carried out, near Munich. Photo: Wolfgang von Brackel

Organ transplantation - nature's version

When a human organ "breaks down" - it is sometimes possible to replace it with another one, but is it possible to replace contaminated soil with another soil? It turns out that it is: this method is called "soil transplanting", and a new international study points to its impressive effectiveness - but also to its limitations
One of the main ways to help protect the reserve is to completely avoid using single-use plastic utensils in these areas. Photo: Shahar Chaikin

Are there fish in the margins?

A new Israeli study examined how the fish are doing in the Rosh Hankara marine reserve. Diving deeper into the issue showed that the protection of the fish decreases as they move away from its center. So how do we protect the locos that have fallen to the margins? We will protect the marine reserves
Filter out charcoal remains. The research expedition at Givat al-Ebadi (photo: Chai Ashkenazi; courtesy of Tel Aviv University's Timna excavations project)

Not environmentally friendly back in the time of the Bible

As early as 3,000 years ago, man destroyed the regional vegetation for the benefit of the copper industry and caused fatal damage to the environment
Deep sea sharks in the Palmachim surf. Credit_ The research team led by the University of Haifa, Seas and Lakes Research for Israel and the partner institutions within the Mediterranean Research Center

For the first time, a marine reserve was declared in the middle of the sea: Palmachim surf

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This announcement more than doubles the area of ​​protected marine areas in the maritime space in Israel and is a leap forward in the protection of the unique natural values ​​in the Mediterranean Sea
to acquire respect for nature. Image: depositphotos.com

Only a return to the understanding that man is a part of nature will make it possible to bring about the recession of the climatic disaster

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This is not a demand to turn back the clock, progress and science have made a wonderful world possible for us, but also a world that has been stripped of wonder, therefore it is necessary to restore respect for nature
Dr. Jane Goodall, UN peace ambassador and environmental activist who is best known for her groundbreaking work with chimpanzees in the 60s in a lecture before the Israeli Ecology Society. Screenshot

talk around

Legendary explorer Jane Goodall, NASA's Chief Scientist Dr. Katherine Calvin, academics, government, civil society, students and the curious: all met at the 50th Annual Science and Environment Conference. "Only when the intelligent mind and the human heart work in harmony can we fully realize our human potential," Goodall said.
Sea turtles in the Nahal Alexander reserve. Image: depositphotos.com

Caution: Israeli nature is in danger of extinction

The main factors and processes that affect the state of nature in Israel, as a result of human activity, were published
The courtship pyramid next to the Holon. Photo: Prof. Reuven Yosef

Who will take care of Eilat's crabs?

The Red Sea holon, a small crab that used to be common in the Gulf of Eilat, is in serious danger due to the development of tourism and beach bathing. A new study, in which students and students in the city took part, reveals the damage to the living fabric of crabs alongside humans and suggests ways to protect them
"The wild cows are much more athletic, they can run away like a rocket and run down a slope like deer." Photo: Racheli Gabrieli

The wild cows of the Golan Heights

A small and unique herd of free cows has been grazing in the Golan Heights since 1967. They have managed to survive wars, diseases and organized extermination operations. Now, the woman who has accompanied them for years hopes they will receive official protection from the state
There is no disputing that the wars in Israel left marks both on the ground and on the ancient buildings and ruins that adorn the landscapes in the country from the Golan to Eilat. The Golan Heights, photo: robert bye - unsplash

The traces and scars left by the wars in the Israeli nature

A female long-tailed macaque and its cub in Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia. Image: depositphotos.com

Conservation versus development - even environmentalists need to find the balance. opinion

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"This is a study that is an opportunity to arouse the public's attention to animals - and especially to urban nature." Photo: 0kper

Has nature really recovered during the corona?

An elephant in Africa. Photo: sam balye, unsplash

The new oil pipeline that threatens nature in Africa

An oil pipeline that will connect Uganda to the coast of the Indian Ocean threatens to damage 14 large nature reserves in East Africa
Horses behind a fence in Hawaii. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Fences and their effect on the collapse of ecosystems

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Researchers became interested in the effect of fences following observations of animals in California, Kenya, China and Mongolia, when strange behaviors were observed near fences, such as deer that walk many kilometers along fences or predators that use the fence line as a main road
An organic farm that uses used tires to grow plants. Photo: shutterstock

Helping the economy and nature in the fight against the corona epidemic

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Many countries in the world are investing money to provide work for those affected by the corona virus, and to restore nature after realizing that the climate crisis and the destruction of nature were the fertile ground for the development of the corona virus
Dr. Tal Kogman, child and youth culture researcher, Tel Aviv University. Public relations photo

Cats don't wear boots

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Who instilled the stigmas that the fox is cunning, the wolf is evil and the donkey is stupid? The answer to this lies in the problematic way in which animals are presented in the culture of children and youth
The dynamic naphthols create structural complexity, and enable the development of more diverse ecosystems. Photo: kees streefkerk – unsplash

Rivers reroute

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Changes in the route of rivers will become more and more common in the coming years, following the rise in sea level caused by global climate change. This process may cause more flooding along the rivers, even in areas that did not suffer from them in the past
Environmental pollution. From Jumpstory.com

23% of deaths in the world are caused by an unhealthy environment

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A soft turtle in a purification facility in Birkon. Photo: Gadi Burd, Nahal Yarkon Authority

A colony of soft-shelled turtles, an endangered species, has made its home in a particularly surprising place in the Sharon region

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Nahal Banias Reserve. Photo: Protasov AN, Shutterstock

One of the good results of the corona virus - limiting visits to nature reserves

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The fires in the state of New South Wales in Australia, 2019. From Wikipedia

You can't see the forest

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