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Draining the Swamps of Israel

Published on Nov 18, 2015

Eucalypts were exported from Australia to Israel from the 1890's to drain the coastal swamps and eradicate malaria. This was successful in part. Today gums are found all over modern Israel.

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israel

Was not always a land of milk and honey
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150 years ago

palestine looked different
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the south

60% was total desert
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the north

40% was covered in ...
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swamps

even worse than the desert
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return of the jews

SETTLEMENT OF THE COAST
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1890's

desolate wasteland plagued with swamps
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kibbutzim

settlers built small villages
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HERZL & others

recognised a problem
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ISRAEL

had lot's of swamps
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swamps

have lot's of mosquitoes
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Mosquitoes

carry diseases like malaria
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malaria

a disease caused by a parasite
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parasite

a tiny organism living inside us
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effects

fever, fatigue, headaches, death
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result

populations cannot work and grow
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stagnant

mosquitoes breed in still water
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streams

they do not breed in flowing water
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solution

remove stagnant water
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how?

where does the water go?
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creeks

run down hill and drain
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flat land

does not drain easily
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suck it up

what drinks lots of water?
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trees

drink lots of water
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reclaiming

drain the swamps by planting trees
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which trees?

drink heaps of water
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eucalypts

where do you find them?
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australia

home of the gum tree
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import trees

all the way around the world
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replanting

Plant forests around the swamps
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orchards

farm land was produced
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gum trees

negev, galilee, carmel, golan heights
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advantages

quick to grow and reproduce
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provides shade

small forest areas all over israel
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modern israel

has many gum trees and farmlands
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education

israel now helps other countries
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