Details of expenditure on biodiversity conservation in England are provided in the following table. These figures represent DEFRA programme spend and spend by the wider DEFRA network but do not include staff costs. They also include total agri-environment scheme expenditure, of which a major share is judged to be spent on biodiversity.
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 DEFRA: Agri-environment schemes 167.8 187.2 254.6 330.4 353 Other DEFRA programme expenditure 4.9 5.6 5.4 4.7 6.7 Environment Agency 5.9 10.5 11.6 7.3 23.5 Forestry Commission 14.7 17.7 22.8 28.1 33.3 Natural England 55.5 57.3 54.1 52.7 50.4 Joint Nature Conservation Committee 1.4 1.8 1.8 2.1 1.7 DEFRA network total 250.3 280.2 350.4 425.3 468.6 Note: Totals may not add due to rounding
Details of spending commitments on biodiversity conservation in the UK Overseas Territories are provided in the following table. These include commitments under the Darwin Initiative and other additional support for projects to address invasive non-native species, in each of the last five financial years. They also include spend by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee. They do not include spend by others, for example the Governments of the Overseas Territories themselves, who are principally responsible for biodiversity conservation in their territories.
(£) 2004-05 125,840 2005-06 226,970 2006-07 211,130 2007-08 152,379 2008-09 178,527
In addition, DEFRA spent approximately £19,000 and £10,000 on biodiversity conservation in the UK Overseas Territories through the Flagship Species Fund in the calendar years 2005 and 2008 respectively.