The government has allocated a billion shekels to restore nature along the border with Lebanon.

The program, worth more than a billion shekels, was developed based on an analysis of the needs of farms and farmers with the aim of providing targeted support in the areas of investment, innovation, education and rehabilitation.

To implement the program, the budgets of the Northern Restoration Authority, the Water Resources Authority, the Ministry of Environment and the Cleanliness Fund will be used.

418 million shekels will be allocated to agriculture, 435 million to water management, 154 million shekels to environmental projects.

As part of assistance to agriculture, 180 million shekels will be used to restore gardens and fields damaged during the war, new plantings, and the purchase of machinery and equipment.

Another 123 million shekels will be allocated to eliminate damage, including the restoration of soils and access roads damaged during the fighting, as well as the construction of a water regulating facility at Kibbutz Evron to protect Nahariya from floods and store water for agricultural needs.

The program includes investments of about 155 million shekels to mitigate the effects of drought, about 130 million for the development of sewerage infrastructure and about 150 million for the construction and modernization of wastewater treatment plants for water reuse.