Herzeleid

The Jewish National Fund will plant trees native to the Land of Israel as part of the annual Tu Bishvat tree-planting activities conducted throughout the country.

Rather than the pine forests planted by schoolchildren, tourists and Jewish communities from around the world in previous years, the coming week will see many tens of thousands of carob trees planted in the southern desert, terebinth on the limestone foothills along the coastal plain, and oak trees on the hills of the Galilee and Carmel regions and on the rocky Golan plateau.

In addition, in the wake of the massive damage to many forests in the Galilee - the JNF believes one million trees were destroyed and another one million were too badly damaged to recover - Education Ministry Dir.-Gen. Shmuel Abuav and JNF chairman Effi Stentzler agreed last week to a steady increase in the number of trees planted by schoolchildren each Tu Bishvat.

This year, an estimated 250,000 students from kindergarten through 12th grade will plant some 100,000 trees.

In order to encourage planting by schools and communities, the JNF has agreed to waive the NIS 6 cost per tree that it usually charges schools and local governments.

While a sizeable portion of the planting will take place in the North to replenish forests devastated by fires triggered by rocket attacks during last summer's war, the estimated 200 million trees currently growing in Israel's forests will be augmented by saplings planted in the Negev, the Judean hills and around Jerusalem.

According to Abuav, the participation of the school system continues "the decades-old Zionist tradition of planting trees and strengthening our connection to the land."

The school system will also send thousands of pupils this week to work on environmental-awareness projects, such as marking bicycle paths, creating school Web sites on environmentalism, and competitions for ideas to reduce energy usage.

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Livni

here is some stats:

israel has 230 million trees, or 30 per person.

1 million were destroyed by rocket-caused fires and other fires in 2006, 12,000 dunams during the war.

over 2 million more will be planted during the next 2-3 years.
in the north negev desert, 3 million trees were added in the last decades.

we are the worlds only country to enter this century with a net gain of trees, while some
countries have lost nearly 30% of their forests/trees.

Herzeleid

we need more trees!!!! imagine a huge park, that starts from yatir forest up to the golan, just amazing an beautiful!!!!

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Kappa21

We Need More Skyscrapers!

Shut Both Of Your Mouths And Help Me Bring Those Pipes Up In The 40th Floor In One Tower!!!