Kalil Adar, the director of KKL-JNF's Northern Region Forestry Department, who accompanied the guests during their visit, described the purpose of their trip to Israel: "KKL-JNF is interested in reviewing everything connected to what can be done with the trees that are cut down in our forests due to thinning in both young and mature forests, salvage logging operations after forest fires like the Carmel blaze, and more, along with what we call slash, a term for the branches and other forest materials that are a product of pruning and forest care.
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