Landscape conservation and nature parks; application for funding

The Bavarian State Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection also grants subsidies for measures for nature-friendly recreation inside and outside nature parks.

Measures in accordance with the Landscape Conservation and Nature Park Guidelines (LNPR) serve to

• Conserve and develop nature and the landscape as the basis of human life, the environment and recreational areas,
• secure or re-create habitats for endangered or threatened animal and plant species,
• to achieve the purpose pursued by the protection of areas and individual elements of nature,
• to make the local nature and landscape accessible to the population in a nature-friendly manner and to communicate their ecological value,
• to realize nature conservation and landscape management objectives contained in plans in accordance with Art. 4 of the Bavarian Nature Conservation Act (BayNatSchG),
• to develop, preserve and maintain a state-wide biotope network,
• to contribute to the protection and development of the European ecological network Natura 2000.

Recreational measures serve to maintain and develop nature-compatible recreational uses on the basis of the maintenance and development plans.

Beneficiaries

• Local authorities and their associations,
• Landscape conservation associations as well as associations and organizations dedicated to nature conservation and landscape conservation in accordance with their statutes,
• Owners or occupiers of land earmarked for measures, nature park authorities

• Available from the district administrative authority (lower nature conservation authority) and the governments (higher nature conservation authority).

The application and the complete approval process is carried out digitally via the IT application "Luna.Natur". For an invitation to register a user ID, please contact your local nature conservation authority at the district administration office or city.

Applications are submitted to the granting authority via the district administrative authority (lower nature conservation authority).

The granting authority is the local government (higher nature conservation authority).

Applications for grants in accordance with the Landscape Conservation and Nature Park Guidelines (LNPR) are currently submitted in several phases each year - summer and winter. The deadline for the current application for the 2026 summer measures is 27.03.2026.

The 2026 winter measures can then be applied for until the deadline of 24.07.2026.