Multi-million pound funding for conservation projects
Environment minister Richard Benyon has announced that funding of £8 million will be dedicated to conservation and environmental projects worldwide.
The funding has been granted as part of the Darwin Initiative by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
Projects in developing countries will receive £6million, while £2million will be available for projects in UK Overseas Territories.
The Darwin Initiative focuses on helping countries that are rich in biodiversity, but lack the money or technology to meet their objectives.
Since beginning in 1992, the initiative has provided funding of £97million to more than 800 projects in 150 countries.
The Darwin Plus Fund is currently supporting a variety of projects in the Overseas Territories, such as monitoring seabirds in the southern ocean and the control of invasive lionfish in the Caribbean.
Approximately 90 per cent of the biodiversity found within the UK and Territories combined, is found within the UK's 14 Overseas Territories.
Applications for funding opened on June 19. For more information, visit the Darwin Initiative website.
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