Support for the restoration and management of woodland habitats, under the Nature Conservation Act

Apply for the support using the application form.

Submit the form to the Economic Development Centre as an attachment to the general service form. The form can also be submitted by post, by email, or in person

If you are applying for support for a land owned by another party, the application must be accompanied by the landowner's written consent. The support is granted to the landowner.

Discretionary support under the Nature Conservation Act is primarily targeted at sites implemented under the Nature Conservation Act, example private nature conservation areas and habitat demarcation areas, and other sites of species or habitat value.

Other sites with valuable habitats may include herb-rich forests, broadleaved forests, spruce mires, fens and other nutrient-rich marshes. Sites managed by means of support that are valuable in terms of species can, for example, be habitats of endangered species in woodland habitats, in case the species benefits from the restoration measures. The support will not be granted to a site for which other state aid has been granted, e.g. METKA, agri-environmental subsidy.

The granting of the support is based on the overall consideration of the Economic Development Centre, which takes into account the nature values of the site, the regional management priority of the site, the benefits achieved by the measures for the ecological status of the site, as well as an estimate of the costs of the measures. Support is granted within the limits of the approved state budget and the appropriations of the Economic Development Centre.