On Monday, the BMUV and BMUL announced their intention to provide around €130 million for forest owners and local authorities. The funds come from the „Climate-adapted Forest Management“ funding program, which is part of the „Natural Climate Protection Action Program“ (ANK). According to government figures, the funding program has supported more than 8,500 private and municipal forest owners since 2022, who together own a total area of 1.52 million hectares of forest. That is around ten percent of Germany’s forest area.