KKL-JNF is responsible for over 375,000 acres (150,000 ha) of forests and woodlands.
- KKL-JNF forests and woodlands:
- combat desertification
- improve carbon balance in the environment
- mitigate climate change
- create “green lungs” within and around communities
- enhance biodiversity
- improve quality of life
- KKL-JNF develops biospheric parks, which serve as the ultimate integration of people and their environment.
- KKL-JNF staff are on guard 24 hours a day, preventing wildfires in forests and woodlands, using fire watchtowers and the latest firefighting equipment.
- KKL-JNF implements the latest research in rehabilitating areas damaged by wildfires.
- KKL-JNF prevents desertification through savannization, the most environmentally sound method of desert afforestation.
- KKL-JNF fights soil erosion and land degradation which threaten fragile desert ecosystems.
- KKL-JNF creates desert parks, drawing people to the desert by creating the ideal combination: desert landscapes and recreation.
- KKL-JNF shares its expertise and experience with many other countries, in the fields of soil conservation, desertification, afforestation, water economy and sustainable agriculture.