Many participants attended the side event of KKL-JNF at the 10th UN Forum on Forests in Instanbul, including the Vice Minister of the Water and Afforestation Ministry in Turkey, Ismail Balan, who noted the importance of regional cooperation in the area of combating desertification. Aviv Eisenband and Gil Atzmon presented the activities of KKL-JNF in the fields of afforestation and combating desertification.