{"id":1836,"date":"2026-07-25T19:58:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T19:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centauriweb.hu\/en\/?p=1836"},"modified":"2026-07-30T19:53:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:53:45","slug":"europe-nature-restoration-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centauriweb.hu\/en\/europe-nature-restoration-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"How much do Europe\u2019s Nature Restoration targets cost?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How much do Europe\u2019s Nature Restoration targets cost?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EuroNatur and Bankwatch are warning<\/a> that implementation of the EU\u2019s Nature Restoration Regulation will not be possible without sufficient dedicated public funding. Without adequate EU funding, many national restoration plans may prove ineffective, failing to restore all damaged ecosystems by 2050. And in the absence of the European Commission\u2019s long-awaited 2025 financing report, governments are now without essential guidance on investment needs and funding pathways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report \u2013 Unlocking nature financing: National cost estimates for effective nature restoration<\/a> \u2013 provides a systematic assessment of restoration costs in Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia and Poland to support these countries in their national restoration planning. Covering the period 2024\u20132032, it analyses four major terrestrial ecosystem types: coastal and inland wetlands; rivers, lakes and alluvial habitats; grasslands; and forests and woodlands.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the 1 September deadline for submitting national restoration plans approaches, <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

few plans are well advanced, with many still lacking sufficiently detailed, science-based targets and clarity on financing. While several Member States have raised concerns about the availability of funding for restoration, the forthcoming national and regional partnership plans within the 2028\u20132034 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) offer a crucial opportunity to embed dedicated EU funding for biodiversity within national MFF envelopes and reverse the decline of the EU\u2019s natural habitats, 81 per cent of which are in poor or bad condition.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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„Our findings show that without proper financing, national restoration plans risk being simply declarative and insufficiently ambitious to improve the status of species and habitats, which is the main aim of the Nature Restoration Regulation,” said Tess Hartmann-Hergott, EU Policy Officer for Biodiversity Finance at\u00a0EuroNatur. „Across all five countries we assessed, several barriers stand out: EU funding is insufficient at a time when many Member States rely on it, and restoration efforts must accelerate; outdated habitat data makes reliable planning impossible; and uneven administrative capacity threatens to fragment implementation across the Union. Unless these gaps are urgently addressed, the EU will not meet its restoration targets.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

To close these gaps,\u00a0EuroNatur\u00a0and Bankwatch have outlined the following actionable recommendations, among others:\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n