Question follow-through · 52224

Global Biodiversity Framework Fund and Legacy Landscapes Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Written Statement entitled Outcomes from Nature COP16, Cali, Colombia of 6 November 2024, HCWS196, what recent steps his Department has taken to (a) increase fund

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
14 May 2025
Target answer date
16 May 2025
Answer
20 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 14 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Written Statement entitled Outcomes from Nature COP16, Cali, Colombia of 6 November 2024, HCWS196, what recent steps his Department has taken to (a) increase fund

  2. 16 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 May 2025

    Answer published

    At COP16, the UK pledged an additional financial contribution of £45 million to the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund to help countries across the globe to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. The UK also continues to encourage other countries and non-sov...

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