Original title (EN): LIFE-2026-SAP-NAT-NATURE - Nature and Biodiversity
This call is closed. The submission deadline was 22 September 2026. It stays in the catalogue because these windows recur: ask to be alerted when it reopens.
The LIFE call with the largest budget in the 2026 round: EUR 173.5 million for projects on the conservation and restoration of habitats and species, implementation of the Natura 2000 network and of EU nature restoration legislation. For agriculture the relevant strand is the restoration of farmland and wetland ecosystems, which often involves water regulation works, canal rehabilitation and green infrastructure in cultivated areas. Opened 21 April 2026, deadline 22 September 2026.
Public and private legal entities established in the EU or in third countries associated to LIFE: protected area managers, local and regional authorities, environmental NGOs, companies, farms, universities and research centres.
Ammessa la domanda di un beneficiario unico, senza obbligo di consorzio transnazionale. Requisito: stabilimento in uno Stato membro UE o in un paese terzo associato al programma LIFE. Nessun vincolo di residenza fiscale locale nel paese in cui si realizzano gli interventi.
Status 'Open', budget (EUR 173.5 million) and dates verified against the official data endpoint on 27 August 2026. The 60% and 75% co-financing rates are the LIFE Regulation's general rates and should be confirmed in the 2026 call document.
Status recalculated. The managing body’s portal listed this scheme as «aperto», but the published deadline says otherwise. In such cases we go by the date.
Every piece of information on this page was read on 27 August 2026 from the pages below. Where they disagree, the managing body’s document prevails.
agricoltura sostenibilebiodiversitàgestione idricaripristino degli ecosistemi
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