The Dead Sea is a breathtaking global wonder, deeply rooted in history and surrounded by stunning desert cliffs, rare springs, and unique geological salt formations. Yet decades of heavy industrial pumping and severe neglect have placed this unique ecosystem under threat, marked by retreating shorelines and dangerous sinkholes. To save this irreplaceable natural treasure, SPNI is leading a coalition to rewrite the area’s concession law and secure a sustainable future for the entire region.
The Challenge
Mineral extraction companies pump massive amounts of water out of the northern basin without returning any of it. This commercial activity causes the water level to drop by a staggering 1.25 meters every single year. As a result, nearly half of the Dead Sea has already dried up, destroying local tourism, leaving landscapes scarred, and creating dozens of sinkholes each year.
The Action
With the government’s current concessions law ending by 2030, SPNI is using this critical opportunity to demand a new legal framework for the next 20 years. We are mobilizing the public to pressure decision-makers to enforce strict environmental rules. Our initiative legally binds future commercial operations to strict zoning limits, ecological transparency, and a mandatory requirement to safely restore the regional water system – putting the public’s interests over profit.
Impact by the Numbers
1.25 Meters
The rate at which the Dead Sea water level is dropping each year under current industrial practices
40%
The amount of the original sea surface that has completely dried up since the state’s founding
2030
The hard deadline when corporate extraction leases expire, creating a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create a more sustainable concessions law
100+ Million Cubic Meters
The vast volume of water extracted every year by the Dead Sea factories
What Your Support Will Achieve
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Legally Establish a Dedicated Restoration Fund
We are actively campaigning to ensure that a significant portion of future industrial profits is legally diverted into a protected, transparent restoration fund. This fund will finance the direct return of water to the basin, matching every single cubic meter taken by factories.
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Implement Strict Environmental Boundaries
Our professional team is drafting strict regulatory standards that shrink industrial extraction zones. These new boundaries will legally ban manufacturing work in highly sensitive habitats, permanently shielding vulnerable desert wildlife corridors and delicate natural springs from industrial harm.
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Anchor Conservation Policy in Public Law
We are moving the management of natural resources out from behind closed government doors and placing it into transparent public legislation. By bringing these contracts under direct legislative oversight, we give local communities and conservation experts a permanent voice in protecting the landscape.
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Build the “Day After” Eco-Tourism Masterplan
The Dead Sea is not an infinite resource, and the government must prepare for the eventual end of all mineral mining. Our strategic vision transforms the southern basin into a thriving, world-class ecological park while restoring the historic flow of the southern Jordan River to replenish the northern sea.
The Dead Sea deserves more than another twenty years of devastation — and so do we.
Donate Now to Rehabilitate the Dead Sea
The Dead Sea is running out of time, and the upcoming legislative decisions will permanently decide its fate. Your vital support fuels our ongoing legal battles, powers our nationwide public campaigns, and secures the expert advocacy needed to rescue this global wonder before it vanishes forever.