SummaryMany of Europe’s unique habitats are highly threatened. In order to tackle these threats, the European Union (EU) is annually financing, mainly through its LIFE programme, conservation actions aimed at improving the conservation status of its habitats. We analysed the allocation of the programme’s budget since its inception in 1992 and we found that the number of projects implemented within the EU member states is only weakly related to the number of habitats within them (R2 = 0.39). In some states, fewer than 25% of the habitats have been funded, while in others, more than 75% of the habitats have been funded. There are also disparities in terms of which habitats are being funded; a quarter of them have never received any funding, while others have been targeted by multiple projects. Transnational cooperation between the states is low, further perpetuating the aforementioned disparities. Projects are implemented almost exclusively within the recipient state, often irrespectively of the conservation status of the targeted habitats in other states. We recommend that the EU addresses these disparities by encouraging projects in underfunded states, especially in habitats with unfavourable conservation statuses. Moreover, the EU should encourage transnational cooperation in order to promote effective conservation across the EU and to help underfunded states build their capacity.

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按栖息地和国家划分的欧盟保护资金分配分析

摘要欧洲许多独特的栖息地受到高度威胁。为了应对这些威胁，欧盟 (EU) 每年主要通过其 LIFE 计划资助旨在改善其栖息地保护状况的保护行动。我们分析了该计划自 1992 年启动以来的预算分配情况，我们发现在欧盟成员国内实施的项目数量仅与其中的栖息地数量微弱相关（R2= 0.39)。在一些州，不到 25% 的栖息地得到了资助，而在其他州，超过 75% 的栖息地得到了资助。在资助哪些栖息地方面也存在差异；其中四分之一从未获得任何资金，而其他人则成为多个项目的目标。国家之间的跨国合作很低，进一步延续了上述差距。项目几乎完全在接受国境内实施，通常与其他州目标栖息地的保护状况无关。我们建议欧盟通过鼓励资金不足国家的项目来解决这些差异，特别是在保护状况不佳的栖息地。而且，