Israel s Mediterranean Coast: Public Awareness and the NGOs Activities

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1 Israel s Mediterranean Coast: Public Awareness and the NGOs Activities I N B A L K O R E N - R E I S N E R S P N I M A R E N O S T R U M, V O L O S, J U L Y,

2 SPNI the Society for the Protection Nature in Israel NGOs - Formal organizations, independent from the government, positioned by people who want to promote values, attitudes, ideas and shared identities and influence of the public space. SPNI- The first NGO in Israel. Established in 1953 Celebrating 60 years of action and activities this year. The civil action of the SPNI led to the establishment of INPA and pushed for the establishment of Ministry of Environment.

3 Main Issues: Israeli s coast line. Development pressure on the coast. Public struggle - the coastal campaign. Successes. What s next.

4 Israel s Mediterranean coast Length: 197 km Unique: various landscapes, historical sites and rich biodiversity.

5 Israel s Mediterranean coast Straight coastline Predominately sandy beach Coastal cliffs

6 Turbid & turbulent sea Israel s Mediterranean coast

7 Israel s Mediterranean coast Narrow and short coastal strip and mixed land - uses Development pressure: population growth, economic development and cultural development Available coast: 2.5 cm per person

8 Israel s Mediterranean coast

9 Protection of the Coastal Environment Law (Coastal Law), history Barcelona convention ICZM COSTAL LAW PUBLIC PRESSURE

10 Threats on the Coast Marine pollution Vehicles on the beach Entrance fees Litter Constructions Fenced beaches Private/ Public events

11 Private / Public events pre-law Closing of coasts

12 Private / public events after the law The Coastal Law secured the public's right of free passage to coastal areas. entrance fees to beaches Committee for the Protection of the Coastal Environment Two types of criteria to make a decision: Absolute criteria - preserving the public interest Relational criteria

13 The 90 s wave of programs along the coastvacation apartments & marinas

Urban areas planned for construction Rural areas planned for construction Total planned

14 Development pressure: constructed and planned areas for construction alongside the coast Category Already built urban areas Already built rural areas Total constructed areas Urban areas planned for construction Rural areas planned for construction Total planned areas for construction Total built and planned areas Total in km Out of 197

15 As the same time as the costal law was been formulating, the environmental movement ran a national campaign, that called to Israel to adopt a costal law

16 Nahariya- Hotel by the sea

17 Artificial islands in Nahariya Marina in Nahariya

18 Akko- Hotel on a reclaimed land

19 Marina in Akko

20 Artificial islands in Haifa

21 Marina in Haifa

22 Marina in Natanya

23 Natanya- the south cliff hotel & residence by the sea

24 Marina in Herzeliya The residences were not approved residence vacation apartments

25 Tel Aviv- Jaffa North-West Hotel & residence by the sea

26 The question was not IF to built, but HOW to built The SPNI alternative planning was implemented in the certified planning

27 Marina in the Yarkon River

28 Jaffa Port

31 Ashdod- Hotel & vacation apartments

32 Nitzanim- Resort

33 Zikim- Resort

34 NGOs strategy & set of tools Define goals, create limits and red lines, allocation resources (manpower, budget & etc.) Set of tools- Action plan Public - events, protest, petitions Decision makers - Lobbing & Media Other NGOs coalition/ forum/ partnership Professional knowledge educational, urban planning, ecological, etc & Activism

35 Public struggle and the Coastal Campaign The main goals- Promote a sustainable costal law public unconcern public awareness public pressure and struggle Way of action- Creating a Educational activities Protest activities coalition Advocacy & awareness activities Public Activism

36 Coastal Organizations Forum

37 Advocacy & awareness activities

38 Advocacy & awareness activities

40 Protest activities

41 Protest activities Tel Aviv the mayor s office In front of the Parliament

42 Media activity

43 Public Activism

44 Public Activism

45 Public Activism

46 Educational activities Free Tours

47 Educational activities

48 Educational activities

49 Educational activities Sculpture Competition Cleaning the beach Create a stone path Wrote an petition and Signed passersby

50 Successes Costal law The committee of coast protection Strong public awareness Cancel / change planning programs A new state of mind among the public and the decision makers. As a non-government organization the SPNI puts a lot of affords and resources on this 10 years campaign.

51 What s next Public awareness + limited NGO s resources = change of focus for the SPNI. Topics of the SPNI activities those days: Erosion of the costal cliffs Establish of national mechanism of send management Infrastructures Invasive species We recognized the Sea itself as the next threatened arena

69 Thank you!

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