First concrete result of the last Walloon budgetary conclave: the budget devoted to biodiversity suffered a cut of 18.6 million euros, going from 24.6 to 6 million. Downsizing in sight for certain programs like “Yes, we plant” or the purchase of nature reserves?
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Deputy head of the Planet division
Par Michel De MuelenaerePublished on 15/11/2024 at 06:00
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– The annual budget for Wallonia’s biodiversity policies will be cut by 18.6 million euros, dropping to 6 million. – It was an “exceptional allocation”, argues Anne-Catherine Dalcq, MR Minister of Nature. – The “Yes, we plant” program and the purchase of nature reserves could be affected but not completely stopped. – Walloon biodiversity remains in a worrying state, with 40% of native birds in an unfavorable conservation state.
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Lhe Walloon government has launched a search for budgetary savings. Its first conclave, in mid-October, led to “unprecedented” savings of 268 million euros in 2025. Among these budget cuts: a particularly drastic reduction in the envelope intended for biodiversity policy.
According to information from Eveninga budget of 24.6 million euros devoted in 2024 to policies in favor of biodiversity would in fact be cut by 18.6 million. The “budgetary trajectory” decided under the previous PS-MR-Ecolo government is not renewed by the current MR-Engagés coalition. “We would return to the initial 2019,” we confirm in the office of the new Minister of Nature and Agriculture Anne-Catherine Dalcq (MR). That’s 6 million euros…
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