Beneficiaries
The funding may be provided by:
- farmers,
- public or private entities in possession of the agricultural and forestry land concerned by the operations.
The activity must be located within the territories of the Natura 2000 Area or in areas of high naturalistic value. The amount of the aid is between 5,000 and 100,000 euros.
The beneficiary must maintain the intended use of the facilities being invested for at least five years after payment of the balance.
The recovery interventions must follow the “Guidelines for the protection, restoration and interventions on the dry stone structures of Puglia"; of the Regional Territorial Landscape Plan of the Region of Puglia. Compliance with the Management Plans and regulations in the Protected Natural Areas where approved.
Renovation and maintenance work on items of a productive nature relating to residential or commercial buildings is not eligible for financing.
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The funding may be provided by:
- farmers,
- public or private entities in possession of the agricultural and forestry land concerned by the operations.
The activity must be located within the territories of the Natura 2000 Area or in areas of high naturalistic value. The amount of the aid is between 5,000 and 100,000 euros.
The beneficiary must maintain the intended use of the facilities being invested for at least five years after payment of the balance.
The recovery interventions must follow the “Guidelines for the protection, restoration and interventions on the dry stone structures of Puglia"; of the Regional Territorial Landscape Plan of the Region of Puglia. Compliance with the Management Plans and regulations in the Protected Natural Areas where approved.
Renovation and maintenance work on items of a productive nature relating to residential or commercial buildings is not eligible for financing.
Objectives
- preserving, protecting and spreading biodiversity and agro-forestry systems of high naturalistic value;
- mitigating hydrogeological risks;
- improving soil management.
The sub-measure 4.4.B aims tp recovering natural and semi-natural habitats, dry stone water storage facilities and fences protecting areas used for extensive livestock farming.
Selection criteria
The application for funding will be assessed, depending on the type of intervention, on the basis of the following criterium:
- a farm with an area managed by an organic or integrated farming method.
Eligible expenditure
The financing covers the costs of restoration and recovery:
- rural dry stone products: walls and jazzi, without the use of mortar, cement or protective nets;
- ancillary elements such as tank with relative water and snow conveying system;
- natural and semi-natural habitats: flesh-houses, hedges, buffer strips;
- permanent and temporary springs and small wetlands:
- building and restoring fences to prevent conflicts between extensive animal husbandry and predators.
Scope of support
Funding covers 100% of eligible costs.
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