Overview

• Rostock’s district council voted last autumn to end its subsidies for nature parks in the county.
• The state has ordered annual 1.2% reductions in position shares across the administration, affecting large protected‑area authorities.
• Conservation groups say the state lacks the staff and money to plan and carry out the EU Nature Restoration Regulation now in force.
• The environment ministry says it will seek third‑party financing, notably through the federal Aktionsprogramm Natürlicher Klimaschutz.
• Many monitoring tasks already rely on volunteers, and conservationists fear other counties may copy Rostock’s cuts.