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British Overseas Territories: Nature Conservation

Volume 494: debated on Tuesday 16 June 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 11 May 2009, Official Report, column 505W, on British Overseas Territories: nature conservation, which projects in the British Overseas Territories have been in receipt of the funding granted since 2006. (279074)

I have been asked to reply.

The following Main-Round Darwin projects have been granted funding under the Darwin Initiative since 2006:

a cross-Caribbean Overseas-Territories project, starting in 2009, aiming at building civil-society capacity for conservation in the Caribbean UK Overseas Territories. The UK institution running this project is the Commonwealth Foundation, and total funding commitment amounts to £262,755;

a project in Tristan da Cunha, starting in 2007, aiming to enable the people of Tristan to implement the Convention on Biological Diversity in the marine environment. This is being carried out by the RSPB, and amounts to £75,971; and

a project in Montserrat to reduce the impact of feral livestock in and around the Centre Hills. This project is being carried out by the RSPB, and amounts to £144,236.

The following Scoping Project awards have been granted in the current round:

a project in the Falkland Islands aiming at scoping the development of conservation strategies for Falkland Islands freshwater-fish biodiversity. The project is being led by the University of Wales, and will amount to £2,962;

a project in St Helena scoping work in St Helena's Millennium Forest, taking account of conservation, evolution and a changing climate. This is being led by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, and will amount to £3,000;

a project in Bermuda to assess and conserve critical pollinator communities in Bermuda. This is being led by the University of Leeds, and will amount to £2,200; and

a project in the Falkland Islands to scope the development of a biodiversity and conservation inventory in the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. This is being led by the Wales Environment Research Hub, and will amount to £3,000.