Ennas - Impacts of the EU Restoration Law

The project assesses the overall impacts of the Nature Restoration Regulation based on scientific research and various specialized assessments.

Research findings will be integrated into national planning and implementation of the Restoration Law.

The ecosystems under investigation include forests, peatlands, freshwaters, and agricultural areas, with particular emphasis on land–water interactions.

An essential component of the project is also land and water ownership, as well as landowners’ perspectives, since restoration efforts largely target privately owned lands.

The project is divided into the following work packages:

a) Producing information on the overall benefits and costs of restoration

b) Examining land and water owners’ willingness to undertake restoration and the policy instruments that can support it

c) Developing local best practice models for restoration that promote economic activity and enhance social acceptability

d) Developing monitoring technologies for restoration and analysing the interactions between restoration and climate change

In addition, the project includes:

e) Defining criteria for significant deterioration of forested habitat types listed under the EU Habitats Directive

f) Assessing how wildlife triangle monitoring data could be used in forest bird indices

The research is conducted in collaboration with the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke), Tapio Ltd, and the Finnish Museum of Natural History (Luomus).