Ministry of the Environment | |
Established: | April, 1998 |
The Israel Nature and Parks Authority (רשות הטבע והגנים)(Rashut Hateva Vehaganim) is an Israeli government organization that manages nature reserves and national parks in Israel, the Golan Heights and parts of the West Bank. The organization was founded in April 1998, merging two organizations that had managed the nature reserves and national parks separately since 1964.
The authority oversees 66 National Parks and 230 Nature Reserves. All parks and nature reserves are divided into six regions: