The Arava was greatly damaged by severe weather of heavy rains and flash floods for three consecutive days at the end of April 2018. Arava Streambeds overflowed, blocking roads and entrances to communities and all the crossings were blocked and damaged. KKL-JNF mobilized the day after the deluge to repair damaged infrastructure and it continues to carry out necessary work in cooperation with the Arava Drainage and Streams Authority. (No.15800)

KKL-JNF plans to landscape the area around Moshav Komemiyut’s P’er Aharon School. This educational institution and its surroundings will serve the Haredi community of the Shafir Regional Council and act as a focal point for residents of the moshav. (No.15320)

As part of its concerted effort to bring one million new residents to the Negev region, KKL-JNF is preparing land for housing in the southern Arava community of Elifaz. The project will serve to provide homes for young couples and families from throughout Israel who have chosen to build their lives in the Arava. (No.15269)

Preparing land for agriculture means turning land unsuitable for cultivation into fertile, arable land. KKL-JNF's work in preparing agricultural land in the Arava constitutes a basis for the region's infrastructure, enabling it to absorb new families and strengthen its agriculture sector. KKL-JNF is preparing 20 hectares of land for the benefit of six new families who will be joining Kibbutz Grofit and cultivating the land. (No.15268)

Preparing land for agriculture means turning land unsuitable for cultivation into fertile, arable land. KKL-JNF's work in preparing agricultural land in the Arava constitutes a basis for the region's infrastructure, enabling it to absorb new families and strengthen its agriculture sector. KKL-JNF prepared 20 hectares of land for the benefit of six new families joining Kibbutz Grofit, who will farm the land. (No.15217)

The Arad Municipality envisions the city as a national cycling center in the fields of tourism, education, community and infrastructure. As part of the process of developing bicycle paths throughout the town and its surroundings there are plans to develop a bicycle trail that will be a major section of the Israel Bike Trail (a national trail planned to cross the country from north to south, from Mt. Hermon to Eilat). The proposed trail will be about 25 kilometers long and connect Arad to the World Heritage site of Masada. The trail will provide a desert cycling experience that will combine nature, scenery, history and archaeology. (No.15124)

Be’er Sheva has been developing rapidly in recent years on its way to becoming a sustainable city that lives sustainably. As part of this process KKL-JNF and the Be’er Sheva Municipality are promoting a new energy saving project - a 2-kilometer paved bicycle path on Masada Road. Its aim is to encourage sustainable urban mobility together with recreational activity, leisure, fitness and a healthy life style.(No.15118)

The planned bicycle path in Tel Sheva, a Bedouin Negev community, will run along Nahal Gez, which runs through the center of the community and whose western end connects with Nahal Be’er Sheva. The path will connect parts of the community and provide access to Tel Sheva public buildings as well as to the city of Be’er Sheva. The path will also link open areas and tourist attractions bordering on the town, such as the Tel Sheva National Park, a renowned archeological site declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The route is suited for cycling and walking in Tel Sheva and will be used by the residents for fitness activity and recreation as well as encouraging them to use environmentally friendly transportation.(No.15122)

As part of KKL-JNF’s vision of getting more Israelis to move from the center to the Negev region, it plans to prepare the ground for a construction project at Kibbutz Nahal Oz. The plan is to prepare 39 lots for the construction of houses. Kibbutz Nahal Oz is about a mile from the Gaza Strip border and is taking in new families so that it can grow. (No.15106)

As part of a master plan for the development of the Meitar Forest and to serve the needs of hundreds of cyclists, KKL-JNF is building a 17 km single-track bike trail around Meitar. The single-track includes many off-shoot trails, enabling residents immediate access to their neighborhoods. It also connects to two regional cycling trails and passes close to the Israel National Bicycle Trail. The new trail will provide an attractive, fun and varied ride in the KKL-JNF southern region forests.(No.14868)

KKL-JNF plans to purchase four new model fire trucks to extinguishing the wildfires that have been erupting daily in KKL-JNF forests in the western Negev. The fires are caused by what has been dubbed as "kite terror", kites with incendiary devices flown from the Gaza border into Israel, igniting vast areas of agricultural fields and nature reserves in addition to KKL-JNF forests.(No.14454)

KKL-JNF firefighters have a particularly hazardous job in extinguishing volatile wildfires. Personal safety gear, including flame resistant apparel, are vital in making their difficult job safer and enabling them to effectively extinguish forest fires. (No.14441)

KKL-JNF, in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense, has built a new security road for Kibbutz Or HaNer in the northern Gaza perimeter. As well as an additional entrance to the kibbutz, the road serves as a security route that encompasses an expanse of land which the kibbutz will develop in future. (No.13351)

KKL-JNF, in cooperation with the Ofakim Municipality, is creating a sports space in the southern district Ofakim Park, which connects the veteran part of the city with the recently constructed neighborhood of New Ofakim. The park serves as the city's main urban park with picnic grounds, a system of roads, walking and cycling trails, the Patish Fortress from the Ottoman period and a cave from the Byzantine period. The sports space, located on the central lawn at the entrance to "Heart of the Park", is divided into three main clusters surrounded and connected by walking and jogging trails. (No.12484)

Tushia, in the western Negev, is a dynamic community, expanding and absorbing young families. As partners in the accelerated momentum of their development, KKL-JNF has renewed and upgraded a playground for the benefit of Tushia's children and families. (No.11974)

KKL-JNF is implementing projects for the preservation and development of nature and heritage sites in the Plugot Forest for the benefit of hikers and other visitors. Work involves the preservation of a bridge from the Ottoman period, including treatment and preservation of the Plugot stream and its banks and architectural and structural preservation of the historical bridge. In addition, KKL-JNF is creating a new picnic and recreation area, according to the principles of universal design for the accessibility and enjoyment of all. (No.8905)