• Project Proposal on the "Formulation of Environmental Law": PEnA started formulating an Environmental Law that will reflect the current status of catastrophic environmental resources in Palestine and will put forward the framework for the management, monitoring and implementation of activities, leading to the sound use and protection of natural resources. The Palestinian Environmental Law will represent the bases for elaborating necessary mechanisms and instruments for a better and a clean environment.
• Project Proposal on the "Organization of a Phytosanitary Service and Actions to support Dry Land and Agriculture in Palestine". Data about the sanitary status of crops in Palestine are scanty and erratic. Little is known about pests and pathogens that are common to other Mediterranean Countries. Damages to national agriculture can be devastating, that's why the need of applied measures is crucial to prevent the entry and spread of pests and diseases. The implementation of the Phytosanitary Service and Actions project, which is considered a Biological and Technological innovation applied to agriculture, will preserve the ecosystem, increase its productivity, and help in drawing the interest of young people in agriculture.
• The proposed Project on "Strengthening the Palestinian Environmental Action Plan Program": Supported by the Italian government, this short-term project aims to assist PEnA in formulating an environmental strategy and action program through a multi-disciplinary and a participatory approach. It also helps to draw the attention of Palestinian key players to any shortages in implementing the proposed environmental plan.
• The essential intent from the "Proposed Industrial Environment Training Program" is to promote human resource capacities and institutional framework through training and short courses on industrial resources management.
• Netherlands Project "Support towards Palestinian Environmental Action Program" which includes four project proposals for "Life Capacity Building", namely: "Wastewater Treatment and Solid Waste Management, Integrated Industrial Pollution Control and Environmental Impact Assessment".
• A proposed project by the World Bank about "Environment/Solid Waste Grant for Project Preparation", which will be funded by the Japanese Government and supervised by the World Bank (in the process of agreement).
• A Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan Project funded by GEF through the UNDP and executed in collaboration with IUCN. This one will prepare a mechanism for action and framework for Biodiversity conservation and management along with an assessment survey on the state of Biodiversity, Protected Areas and Nature Conservation in the Palestinian Territories.
• A Canadian Project on "Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)": being signed recently between PEnA and Environment Canada, and is being implemented starting November 1997. The program aims at establishing an EIA Unit within PEnA that concentrates on providing training in this field to trainees from PEnA and other PA ministries and institutions.

National Activities executed through the Initiative to Combat Desertification:

• "Combating Desertification in the Palestinian Jordan Valley as an approach towards Sustainable Development". It is a sub-regional collaborative program that's comprised of Jordan, Palestinian Authority, and Israel to examine the potential for Sustainable Development through Combating Desertification in the Jordan River Valley. The Inter-governmental Negotiation Committee (INCD) of the Convention to Combat Desertification funds it.
• "Sewage Water Treatment Project" funded by the USAID and executed at Al-Aroub Agriculture school near Al-Aroub Refugee Camp.
• Rangeland Management Project; funded by the Swiss Government through the Initiative to Combat Desertification and executed in various places in the West Bank, namely the south part of Hebron, at Al-Samo'u (Samera), Dahrya, and South East Jenin.
• Germplasm Conservation in the Arid Lands of Palestine, funded by the Government of the Republic of Korea and will be executed by PEnA at about three sites of the Palestine Territories.
• The Development of Orchard Trees &Economic Forestry in the Central Highlands of the West Bank. Supported by the Republic of Korea and is executed at many places of the West Bank, including Al-Aroub near Hebron and Nabi Musa shrine near Jericho.