Israel Nature and Parks Authority

The Israel Nature and Parks Authority or INPA ( German: " Israeli authority for nature and parks "; Hebrew רשות הטבע והגנים Raschut ha - Teva we- ha - Ganim ) is the government agency that manages the wildlife sanctuaries and national parks in Israel and supports. The authority established Jerusalem was founded in 1998 by the merger of the authority for the management of nature reserves and the authority for the national parks that existed since 1964.

Regions

Overall, the INPA serves 41 national parks and 13 nature reserves. The care work is divided into six regions:

• Golan Heights, Sea of ​​Galilee and the Galilee
• Lower Galilee and the valleys Galiläaas
• Carmel Mountains, the Mediterranean coast and Central Israel
• Judea and the Dead Sea
• The Negev
• Eilat and the Arava Valley to the border with Jordan