Zalul Environmental Association

Infobox Non-profit
Non-profit_name = Zalul
Non-profit_
founded_date = 1999
location = Ramat Gan, Israel
area_served = Israel
focus = Environmentalism
method = Public awareness, Legal action, Legislative action, Media, lobbying, Research
homepage = [http://www.zalul.org/en/default.asp/ http://www.zalul.org/en/default.asp]

Zalul Environmental Association is an Israel-based environmental group founded in 1999 with the goal protecting the seas and rivers of Israel through conservation, activism, research, awareness-raising and education.

Campaigns

*The preservation of the Gulf of Eilat (Aqaba)
*Halting pollution of the Kishon River and encouraging its rehabilitation
*Stopping pollution of the Naaman River
*Herzliya Municipality's pollution of the Mediterranean
*Stopping the Shafdan from spilling sludge into the Mediterranean
*Protecting the Mediterranean from pollution run off
*Protecting the Lachish River
*Protesting the ALA Pipeline in Acco

Accomplishments and awards

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* Zalul saved the coral reef in the Gulf of Eilat.
* Zalul rescued the Naaman River near Acco.
* Zalul pushes for transparency & makes info accessible to the public.
* Benjamin Kahn, Chairman of Zalul Environmental Association, received the honor of TIME Magazine's "Hero of the Environment" for his and Zalul's work protecting the coral reef in the Gulf of Eilat.

ee also

* Kishon River
* Lakhish River

References and notes

* [http://www.zalul.org/en/default.asp/ Zalul home-page] This page incorporates text from [http://www.zalul.org.il/en/info.asp the official Zalul website] , which releases it under the GFDL.

External links

* Zalul Environmental Association ( [http://www.zalul.org/en/ English] ), ( [http://www.zalul.org/default.asp Hebrew] )
* [http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1663317_1663320_1669920,00.html/ the "Time" Magazine Hero of the Environment "Benjamin Kahn" ]
* [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1212659740814&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter/ Zalul have big doubts about Red-Dead Canal on the "JERUSALEM POST"]
* [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/991713.html/ "Fish cages finally leaving Eilat" on the "Haaretz" web-site ]
* [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/913917.html/ "Study: Israel is biggest polluter in eastern Mediterranean" on the "Haaretz" web-site ]