Letter of support for the proposal submitted to the European Union LIFE Programme – Projects for addressing ad hoc Legislative and Policy Priorities (PLP) entitled ‘LIFE Cert4Bio’

Letter of support for the proposal submitted to the European Union LIFE Programme

– Projects for addressing ad hoc Legislative and Policy Priorities (PLP) entitled ‘LIFE

Cert4Bio’

To whom it may concern,

Estonian State Forest Management Centre (RMK) is a strong supporter of biodiversity action

and wetland conservation in Europe. We are fully supportive of the aims of the Cert4Bio LIFE

PLP project application.

We have been engaging with the LIFE Cert4Bio consortium and are confident our own ethos

and aims are aligned with those of the project. Through our work at the RMK we consider

ourselves as a stakeholder to the Cert4Bio LIFE PLP and, in this role, have an interest in the

project achieving its aims.

RMK, aka the State Forest Management Centre, manages around 30% of Estonia and 45% of

all Estonian forests. RMK is the keeper, protector and manager of all forests and other diverse

nature biomes belonging to the Republic of Estonia. RMK grows forests, maintains the values

associated with nature, earns income for the government by managing its forests, creates

opportunities for physical activity in nature and spreads knowledge about nature.

We feel our experience developing and running RMK will be of great benefit to the LIFE

Cert4Bio project. For more information on our work, please visit www.rmk.ee or contact me

at the details below.

If funded, we are happy to engage as a key stakeholder in the project, providing our advice

and expertise, as required.

We hope that you will recognise the potential of the project to enhance the tools available for

the viable conservation of European wetlands and help to bridge the existing biodiversity

financing gap.

10.09.2024

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Yours sincerely

(Signed digitally)

Mikk Marran

Chairman of the Management Board

Hardo Becker

Development & Climate Department

[email protected]

+372 5071181