Eleven environmental projects have been selected for funding under the Phare programme of cross-border cooperation with Austria. "The projects will improve environmental protection and management, and the sustainable use of natural resources," Environment Minister Janez Podobnik said on Tuesday.
The total value of the projects is EUR 2.49m. While the project managers must collect 10% of the project value themselves, 75% of the rest will be contributed by the European Commission and 25% by the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning.
According to Podobnik, the projects will "offer support for sensitive areas with significant ecological value in endangered ecosystems in the Alps and along the Mura and Drava rivers."
Mladen Breginc, the state secretary at the Environment Ministry, said this will give Slovenian groups access to invaluable experience in the management of protected areas that the Austrians possess.
The projects, valued at between 66,000 and 400,000 euros, involve the recording of habitats, registries of species, concepts of the preservation of biodiversity, cross-border spatial planning and ways of reducing the effects of transport.
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