Written question asked by Duke of Montrose (Conservative), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Henley (Conservative) on Wednesday, 17 November 2010.

Biodiversity

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they gave any undertakings at the biodiversity conference in Nagoya; and what new actions they propose to take.

Answer: At the Tenth Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, the UK played a pivotal role in securing agreement on an ambitious new framework to halt biodiversity loss. The challenge now is to translate agreements from Nagoya into our national biodiversity strategy and other relevant government strategies and policies. Among the main vehicles for doing this are the natural environment White Paper and the new England Biodiversity Strategy, which will both be published in the spring In addition, my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs announced commitments including a new fund to deliver biodiversity benefits through international forestry, funding for the proposed intergovernmental science-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services (IPBES) and support for key projects on the economic value of nature, building on the landmark The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) report, which was published in Nagoya.

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