The Agency for Renewable Resources (Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e. V. - FNR) provides guidelines for submitting outlines and applications for projects within the scope of the Forest Climate Fund. (FNR) supports potentially interested parties in applying for funding. The guidelines are available in printed form and for Download before.
The 58-page brochure in A5 format provides concise information on the funding procedure and quickly explains how to use the easy-Online internet portal to submit a project outline and project application. Fact sheets and explanations on state aid law supplement the funding guidelines.
The "Guidelines for the submission of outlines and applications under the joint BMEL and BMU Forest Climate Fund funding line" are aimed not only at research institutions and research associations, but also at state forestry institutions, municipalities, forestry associations and other associations, as well as private individuals whose projects fall under one of the five priority areas of the Forest Climate Fund funding guideline.
Funding from the Forest Climate Fund, which is jointly financed by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), can be applied for for projects with a maximum duration of 5 years.
Further information: www.waldklimafonds.de
Background:
The Forest Climate Fund funding guideline was launched jointly by BMEL and BMU in 2013 as part of the Energy and Climate Fund.
Forestry and landscaping projects to adapt forests to climate change and to ensure carbon storage and increase CO2-The following projects are aimed at increasing the storage of wood products and the CO2-reduction and substitution by wood products, projects on research and monitoring, and projects on information and communication. The funding procedure is two-stage, i.e. applicants first submit a project outline and after successful review by the project management agency FNR and coordination with the ministries BMU and BMEL, a project application is invited.
The FNR has been active as the BMEL's project management agency for the Renewable Resources funding programme since 1993. It also supports research topics in the fields of sustainable forestry and innovative wood use. Since 1 January 2019, it has also been the project management agency for the Forest Climate Fund funding guideline. The Competence and Information Centre for Forests and Wood (KIWUH) is a department of the FNR.
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