The 10th UN Forum on Forests is opening today, April 8, 2013, in Istanbul, Turkey. The delegation of experts from Israel attending the conference includes representatives from the Israel Foreign Ministry and from KKL-JNF.
The 10th UN Forum on Forests is opening today, April 8, 2013, in Istanbul, Turkey. The delegation of experts from Israel attending the conference includes representatives from the Israel Foreign Ministry and from KKL-JNF. The focus of the forum this year is forestry and economic development.
Israel became a member of the directorate of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF), as a member of the OECD, and in view of this function is in the forum administration. KKL-JNF personnel will be participating in the course of the conference at a round table discussion on the topic of forests and economic development, and will also be holding a side event on the issue of forest and landscape rehabilitation in Israel, which will feature a video on the subject and include lectures given by the KKL-JNF members of the delegation, Mr. Gill Atsmon, Forest Manager in KKL-JNF's Northern Region, and Mr. Aviv Eizenband, Director of KKL-JNF's Forestry and Professional Development Department.
See full Article: http://www.jpost.com/GreenIsrael/PEOPLEANDTHEENVIRONMENT/Article.aspx?id=309102
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