The strengthening decided will have a maximum amount of €3 million, the secretary of state for forests and rural development, Miguel Freitas, said in the order published in the state journal, with retroactive effect from mid-September.

The projects covered are financed under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development.

This support will then be managed by the Permanent Forest Fund, which is a financial instrument aimed at achieving the objectives of the National Forest Strategy and other sectoral policy measures, the document added.