Member States use the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to co-finance a beneficial range of actions that conserve EU forest resources and contribute to climate action agendas. An example of such forestry support from the CAP can be seen in Slovakia where close to a million euros of Rural Development (RDP) funding has helped safeguard the long-term sustainability of Slovak forest stocks.
Forests in Slovakia had suffered from a series of natural disasters and this RDP project was launched to restore over 140 hectares of damaged forests. More than half a million saplings of five forest tree varieties were planted, four years of plant protection measures were carried out, and the project helped create employment for 35 people from the Roma community. Learn more about the results and lessons learned from this CAP-funded forestry project.
