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The forests of contemporary Israel are mainly the result of a massive afforestation campaign by the Jewish National Fund (JNF). This article is a list of these forests. In the 19th century and up to World War I, the Ottoman Empire cleared the land of Israel of its natural reserves of pine and oak trees, in order to build railways across the ...
The Israel National Trail, marked in 1991 runs through the forest. Yatir forest is located on the trail south of Meitar and north of Arad. [citation needed] Yatir forest is the largest forest ever planted by the JNF, covering 30,000 dunums with over 4 million trees. [citation needed]
Eshtaol Forest features an 8-kilometer hiking trail and numerous scenic views. [1] The forest (like most other forests in Israel) was planted in by the Jewish National Fund, which continues to expand it. The forest covers an area of approximately 1,200 hectares (3,000 acres). A 2015 forest fire decimated 202 hectares (500 acres) of the forest. [1]
Jerusalem Forest, 2011. In the early years of the state, Jewish National Fund planted thousands of trees along the western edge of Jerusalem, creating a green belt. [1] The first tree of the Jerusalem Forest was planted in 1956 by the second President of Israel, Itzhak Ben-Zvi. At its peak, the area of the forest covered 4,700 dunams (470 ...
National parks of Israel are declared historic sites or nature reserves, which are mostly operated and maintained by the National Nature and Parks Authority. As of 2015, Israel maintains 81 national parks and more than 400 nature reserves, including in the occupied West Bank , that protect 2,500 species of indigenous wild plants, 32 species of ...
Ben Shemen Forest Tourist map. Ben Shemen Forest is the largest forest in central Israel and one of the largest in the entire country (the eastern and southern sections of the forest are also known as the Modiin Forest [1]), covering an area of 22,000 dunams (22 Km²). In the forest there are picnic spots, hiking and bicycle routes. [2]
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The forest overlooks the Sorek and Refa`im riverbeds and the Jerusalem hills. In the forest are several natural springs, ancient agricultural terraces, orchards, ancient wine presses and chalk pits. [5] The Lord Sacks forest is a forest of 25,000 trees being planted within the Aminadav forest by the JNF, UK.