Call: Nature and Biodiversity
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Acronym | LIFE-NAT | |||||||||||
Description of programme "LIFE - sub-programme “Nature and Biodiversity”" |
The sub-programme “Nature and Biodiversity” will aim:
LIFE has been a key tool supporting the implementation of the Birds and Habitats Directives since 1992 and has been instrumental and, in some cases crucial, to ensure the establishment of the Natura 2000 network. The Nature Directives' fitness check, the Action plan for nature, people, and the economy as well as the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 20309 underline the need to increase funding for nature and biodiversity. The sub-programme Nature and Biodiversity will contribute to European Union objectives for the protection, maintenance and restoration of the Union’s natural capital in its marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems, as outlined in the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Bern Convention. In particular, it will contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, the EU Birds and Habitats Directives, the Regulation on Invasive Alien Species as well as relevant objectives under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, the Water Framework Directive, and the European strategy for Outermost Regions. The sub-programme for nature and biodiversity will mainly be implemented through the following types of actions:
The above types of actions can cover:
The actions above will target, among others, the implementation of the EU Habitats and Birds Directive and the Invasive Alien Species Regulation, the reversing of the decline of pollinators, the restoration of degraded and carbon-rich ecosystems and the improvement of health and resilience of forests. | |||||||||||
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Call |
Nature and Biodiversity | |||||||||||
Description of call "Nature and Biodiversity" | Objectives: Projects should fall under at least one of the two areas of intervention:
Any project aimed at improving the condition of species or habitats through area-based conservation or restoration measures falls within the eligible scope of the intervention area “Space for Nature”. This may include, for example, projects for restoring or improving natural or semi-natural habitats, or habitats of species, both within and outside existing protected areas. This may also include projects for creating additional protected areas (or improving the biodiversity focus and contribution of existing protected areas), ecological corridors or other green infrastructure, projects testing or demonstrating new site management approaches, projects acting on pressures, etc.
Any project aimed at improving the condition of species (or, in the case of invasive alien species, reducing their impact) through any relevant activities other than area-based conservation or restoration measures falls within the scope of the intervention area “Safeguarding our species”. Considering the broad range of threats that may act on species in addition to the degradation of their habitats, such projects may apply to a wide range of relevant measures, spanning from hard infrastructural works to awareness raising of stakeholders. Applicants are should take into account, when conceiving their project applications, that only wild flora and fauna and natural and semi-natural habitats may be targeted by LIFE Nature and Biodiversity projects. Scope: Under both areas of intervention, having clearly defined specific outcome-based biodiversity-related objectives for projects and their activities is a pre-condition for an objective prioritization of the proposals. In order to allow for effective comparison of merits of proposals addressing different nature and biodiversity policy priorities the following principles will be applied for the prioritisation in terms of outcome-based targets under the two areas of intervention:
Further prioritisation of the proposals will be based on the policy priorities below:
The following matrix summarises the scoping and prioritization under the Nature and Biodiversity topic:
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Thematic Focus | Disaster Prevention, Resiliance, Risk Management, Climate, Climate Change, Environment & Biodiversity, Agriculture & Forestry, Fishery, Food, Urban development, Rural & Peripheral Development | |||||||||||
Funding area | EU Member States
Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) Albania / Shqipëria Iceland / Ísland Israel / ישראל / إسرائيل Turkey / Türkiye Ukraine / Україна Oukraïna | |||||||||||
Origin of Applicant |
EU Member States Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) Albania / Shqipëria Iceland / Ísland Israel / ישראל / إسرائيل Turkey / Türkiye Ukraine / Україна Oukraïna | |||||||||||
Eligible applicants | Federal State / Region / City / Municipality / Local Authority, Research Institution, Lobby Group / Professional Association / Trade Union, International Organization, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, SMEs (between 10 and 249 employees), Education and Training Centres, Microenterprises (fewer than 10 employees), NGO / NPO, Public Services, Other, National Government, Start Up Company, University, Enterprise (more than 250 employees or not defined), Association | |||||||||||
Applicant details | In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
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Project Partner Details | Entities from other countries are exceptionally eligible, if the granting authority considers their participation essential for the implementation of the action (see work programme). Natural persons are NOT eligible (with the exception of self-employed persons, i.e. sole traders, where the company does not have legal personality separate from that of the natural person). International organisations are eligible. The rules on eligible countries do not apply to them. Entities which do not have legal personality under their national law may exceptionally participate, provided that their representatives have the capacity to undertake legal obligations on their behalf, and offer guarantees for the protection of the EU financial interests equivalent to that offered by legal persons34. EU bodies (with the exception of the European Commission Joint Research Centre) can NOT be part of the consortium. Entities composed of members may participate as ‘sole beneficiaries’ or ‘beneficiaries without legal personality’. Please note that if the action will be implemented by the members, they should also participate (either as beneficiaries or as affiliated entities, otherwise their costs will NOT be eligible). Beneficiaries from countries with ongoing negotiations may participate in the call and can sign grants if the negotiations are concluded before grant signature (with retroactive effect, if provided in the agreement). Special rules apply for certain entities (e.g. entities subject to EU restrictive measures under Article 29 of the Treaty on the European Union (TEU) and Article 215 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU) and entities covered by Commission Guidelines No 2013/C 205/0537). Such entities are not eligible to participate in any capacity, including as beneficiaries, affiliated entities, associated partners, subcontractors or recipients of financial support to third parties (if any). | |||||||||||
Project duration min | 36 months | |||||||||||
Project duration max | 84 months | |||||||||||
Further info | Proposal page limits and layout: Proposals must be complete and contain all the requested information and all required annexes and supporting documents:
Page limit - Part B: 120 pages | |||||||||||
Type of Funding | Grants | |||||||||||
Financial details |
Topic budget: EUR 132,470,000.00 | |||||||||||
Submission | Proposals must be submitted electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System. Paper submissions are NOT possible. | |||||||||||
Contact Details | https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/life/about-life/life-contacts_en |
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