EU’s LIFE programme is going to provide €6.4 million for conservation and climate action
Portugal is going to receive €6.4m in funds from EU's LIFE programme, whose aim is to support nature conservation and climate action projects at EU level. €3.9 will protect wolves and endemic plants.
Portugal is to receive €6.4 million from the LIFE programme overseen by the European Commission, which is aimed at supporting environmental, nature conservation and climate action projects throughout the European Union.
The commission has approved a total investment package of €243 million for 142 projects to be implemented under the programme.
The largest slice of the funding for Portugal (€3.9 billion) is for protection of nature and biodiversity, specifically for initiatives to protect endemic plants in the Azores islands that are at risk of extinction, and for the protection of wolves.
Separately, a total of €1.1 million was earmarked for a project aimed at reducing the ecological footprint of footwear. Other projects include a water-saving initiative in the region of Évora in southern Portugal, which is to receive €1.4 million.
Since its creation in 1992, the LIFE programme has already provided funds for over 4,500 projects in the EU and in third countries, alongside national funds, for a total investment of around €10 billion of which over €4.2 billion comes from the EU, for the protection of the environment and climate.
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