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Cases / Law, regulation and treaties · Israel · 2017–2018

Israel lifts goat grazing ban, citing fire fuel

Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.

Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
  • The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 3 none on record · 1 not measured See the gaps

Israel lifted its goat grazing ban in 2018, citing fire fuel, a Times of Israel report says. The sources reviewed do not show what the reversal did to fire or vegetation.

What?
Israel lifted its goat grazing ban in 2018, citing fire fuel Times of Israel (AFP)
Where?
Israel; the area covered is not stated Times of Israel (AFP)
When?
Lifted in 2018; the sources reviewed list 2017–2018 Times of Israel (AFP)
Who?
Gained
None on record
Lost
None on record
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Goat grazing was allowed again on fire-fuel grounds; no further mechanism is given Times of Israel (AFP)
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who

What happened

The record, in order.

Israel lifted its goat grazing ban in 2018, citing fire fuel, according to the Times of Israel (AFP).

The sources reviewed place the grazing ban and its reversal in 2017–2018.

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • None on record The reason the ban was first imposed, and the date it was imposed, are not stated.
    • None on record The area covered by the reversal, and any measured effect on fire or vegetation, are not stated.
    • None on record Who argued for the reversal is not stated.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

    Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers

    Press and investigations

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