Did you know that as part of its Blueprint Negev campaign JNF is collaborating with the Bedouin in a cutting-edge project?
Located near the Bedouin town of Hura, Project Wadi Attir seeks to develop a model for sustainable, community-based agricultural enterprise, adapted to a desert environment. Designed to combine Bedouin aspirations, values and experience with sustainability principles, modern day science and cutting-edge technologies, it was initiated in order to showcase a breakthrough approach to environmentally-sound sustainable development. It will serve as a model for arid regions in other parts of the world.
Other Environmental News
The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, a JNF partner and the premier teaching and research program in the Middle East, preparing future Arab and Jewish leaders to cooperatively solve the region’s environmental challenges invites you to “Arava on the Air” on Tuesday, February 22 at 2 pm Eastern Time to hear the world’s leading authority on contemporary Islam, Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, discuss the incredible ongoing developments taking place in the Arab Middle East and possible affects on Israel.
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