Estonia's EAFRD-funded Rural Development Plan pays private landowners €60–134/ha for Natura 2000 management restrictions. By 2019: €4.3 M/year for 64,000 ha of private forests; €0.55 M/year for 20,000 ha of farmland. Total EAFRD 2014–2020: €73 M.
forest management, nature conservation, EU-CAP, Natura 2000, biodiversity, peatland
Context
Estonia's EAFRD-funded Rural Development Plan pays private landowners €60–134 per hectare to compensate for Natura 2000 management restrictions on private forest and farmland.
Results
By 2019 the scheme paid €4.3 million per year for 64,000 ha of private forest and €0.55 million per year for 20,000 ha of farmland, with total EAFRD funding of €73 million over 2014–2020.
Implementation
Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.
Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
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