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Avoiding the death of LIFE: Why Europe’s flagship environmental programme must remain part of the next EU budget

Avoiding the death of LIFE: Why Europe’s flagship environmental programme must remain part of the next EU budget

Issue paper    |    24 March 2025

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The LIFE programme, a proven and effective resource for financing biodiversity, is widely regarded as one of the EU’s best performing funds. Despite its importance, however, it risks being scrapped in the next EU budget. This would effectively remove the only fund dedicated to biodiversity in Europe.

Institution: EU

Theme: EU funds, biodiversity, LIFE programme

Project: EU funds and biodiversity

Tags: EU funds | biodiversity

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