In 2010, about EUR 56 million was allocated from the state budget to the MoE’s nature department and agencies in charge of nature protection (the Nature Conservancy, the Caves Administration, a 200 and a museum). In 2005-09, annual disbursements for nature and biodiversity from the Environmental Fund amounted to EUR 6.5 million or 2% of total expenditure from the fund. Since 2004, the LIFE programme has provided EUR 1.1 million per year to finance the management and restoration of Natura 2000 sites in Slovakia.