KKL-JNF in Numbers, 2021

KKL-JNF for Israel and for a better world, with hundreds of thousands of friends and supporters worldwide making it all happen.

KKL-JNF in Numbers, 2021

  • 1,343 picnic and leisure sites in forests
  • 8,000 km of forest & open space roads
  • 362 km of forest & community walking trails
  • 40,000 acres of afforested desert
  • 300,000 acres of planted forests & natural woodlands
  • 20 rehabilitated riverbanks nationwide
  • 3,200 schools (grades 1-12) enjoying KKL-JNF informal education activities each year
  • 350 annual scholarships for students in Israel's periphery, per year
  • 5 KKL-JNF Field and Forest Education Centers, serving 30,000 young people per year
  • 24/7 open forests and parks, free for all
  • 1,200 special-needs children and adults benefitting from KKL-JNF informal education programs each year.
  • 250,000 acres for agriculture in 1,000 communities
  • 400 parks and landscaped public spaces in local authorities
  • 150 environmental & food security research initiatives per year
  • 230 reservoirs; 300 million m3 of water; 40% of water used for agriculture
  • 1,300 km forest bicycle trails, crisscrossing the country
  • 11 birding centers
  • 300 accessible sites
  • millions of visitors to its forests each year
  • 1 tree absorbs ~30 kg of C02
  • 116 ambassadors & head of states planted trees in Israel
  • 3 tree nurseries; 1 million saplings per year
  • 3500 acres of burned forests for rehabilitation per year
  • 24/7 wildfire prevention; 300 firefighters