Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel

The Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel ( SPNI ) (Hebrew: החברה להגנת הטבע, HaChevra LeHaganat HaTeva; German Society for Nature Conservation in Israel ) is the largest Israeli conservation organization. It was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv. With over 100,000 members, it is one of the largest Israeli civil society organizations.

The SPNI was launched by Azariah Alon and Amotz Zahavi in response to the planned development of the agricultural Chulaebene in northern Israel into being. While the first SPNI closely oriented after its establishment in the government policy, the organization was in the 80s increasingly independent politically active and organized some protests against environmental policy decisions of state authorities. About 800 employees work for SPNI in different areas, such as conservation, environmental education ( field schools ), youth work, the protection of birds and the Umweltourismus. The various work areas are divided into several departments.

SPNI is the Israeli partner of BirdLife International and belongs within the organization to the European section. From EUR nature SPNI is the Israeli project partners. 2010, there was a bilateral contact between the German nature conservation youth of the NABU and the Department of Environmental Education of the SPNI.

Department of Environment and Conservation (Environmental Protection Division )

The main field of work is the nature and environmental protection. SPNI 's Environmental Protection Division (EPD ), for example, monitors the increasing landscape sealing and tried legal action against it. The department works u.a on the following topics:

  • Many rivers are rivers in Israel drenagiert and straightened. Often the rivers and streams are overused as a water supplier for the industrial, agricultural and domestic water supply. SPNI works with a river renaturation campaign on this issue.
  • Integrated Coastal Zone Management
  • Lobbying
  • Traffic / air quality

SPNI Field Schools operates on the Hermon, the Golan Heights, Alon Tavor, Achziv, the Meron, Ein Gedi, Har Ha Negev, Eilat and Hazeva.

Department of Birds (Bird Division )

SPNI operates a conservation project for the monitoring of birds of prey. The project is funded by the Israeli energy company and the EU LIFE project.

The nearby Kibbutz Kfar Ruppin the Jordanian border SPNI builds from a integrated bird station. SPNI Field Schools operates on the Hermon, the Golan Heights, Alon Tavor, Achziv, the Meron, Ein Gedi, Har Ha Negev, Eilat and Hazeva.

Israel Trails Committee ( ITC)

As a division of the SPNI the Trail Committee is responsible for the signs and maintenance of trails with a total length of 10,000 kilometers. Of these totals 950 km to the nationwide Israel National Trail. Full-time the SPNI are engaged in the maintenance of the paths.

American Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel ( Aspni )

The Aspni was founded as an international organization in 1986 to support the work of SPNI in Israel by American Jews.

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