Israel in the early 1900s planted millions of pine trees to green barren hills, but ecologists later found many native Mediterranean habitats had disappeared beneath them
Massive tree-planting campaigns in Israel, once hailed as environmental triumphs, have inadvertently caused significant ecological damage. Studies reveal that dense pine forests have displaced native scrublands and grasslands, leading to a drastic loss of biodiversity. Ecologists now advocate for conserving existing open ecosystems rather than introducing new forests, highlighting the unintended consequences of well-intentioned greening efforts.
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