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What assessment they have made of the biodiversity values of the United Kingdom’s Overseas Territories; and what actions they propose to ensure that the 2010 target to halt biodiversity loss is met in these territories.
What assessment they have made of the biodiversity values of the United Kingdom’s Overseas Territories; and what actions they propose to ensure that the 2010 target to halt biodiversity loss is met in these territories.
Asked by
Baroness Byford
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Triesman
(Labour)
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Written questions
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Answered on
8 February 2007
We are aware of the importance of biodiversity within the UK Overseas Territories (OTs). The Government, working through their scientific advisers, the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, undertook assessments of the biodiversity values in the OTs. A report in 1999, Biodiversity: the UK Overseas Territories, commented on the state of biodiversity in each territory. In September 2001, the Government signed environment charters with most of the OTs, listing commitments for the UK and the OTs. These charters form the basis for our relationship with the territories on environmental issues.
In 2003, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DfID) established the overseas territories environment programme to assist the territories with the implementation of the charters. Initial funding was £1.5 million per department over three years. DfID has since approved £1.5 million for the financial years 2007-08 to 2009-10. The FCO has approved £469,000 for the financial year 2007-08. Future allocations will depend upon the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
In addition, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), through its Darwin initiative, has contributed over £1.5 million on biodiversity projects in the UK OTs since 1993. Further support has been channelled through international biodiversity agreements, in particular the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP). The south-Atlantic territories are important breeding sites for some very rare albatrosses and petrels, which benefit from the international collaboration that stems from ACAP and from the additional voluntary funding that Defra provides to it. Later this year, Defra also plans to contribute to the costs of an officer who will co-ordinate ACAP activities in the south-Atlantic territories.
Subjects
British overseas territories; Biodiversity; Development aid; Nature conservation
Date
8 February 2007
Reference
1870; 689 c149-50WA
House
House of Lords
asked Her Majesty's Government:What assessment they have made of the implications of climate change for the biodiversity of the United Kingdom’s overseas territories.
asked Her Majesty's Government:What assessment they have made of the implications of climate change for the biodiversity of the United Kingdom’s overseas territories.
Asked by
Baroness Byford
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Triesman
(Labour)
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Written questions
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Answered
Answered on
8 February 2007
In 2001, the Department for International Development (DfID) commissioned a study by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia and the Natural Resources Institute at the University of Greenwich, The Impacts of Global Climate Change on the UK Overseas Territories.
In 2005 the Overseas Territories Environment Programme (OTEP), a jointly funded programme of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and DfID, supported a project managed by the Tyndall Centre to help build capacity in the Caribbean British Overseas Territories (OTs) to assess their vulnerability to climate change and to plan adaptation measures. The Tyndall Centre and the territory stakeholders produced a guidebook, Surviving climate change in small islands, which was distributed widely and is available at www.tyndall.ac.uk. This report has recently been used as a guidance document for the latest bidding round for new projects under OTEP.
Both projects included consideration of the implications of climate change for biodiversity but did not focus on this aspect exclusively.
DfID's OTs department is taking steps to facilitate the participation of the five Caribbean UK OTs in regional climate change adaptation programmes, funded through the Global Environment Facility and managed by the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, based in Belize. Among other things, this will enable the territories to draw on regional expertise in undertaking more detailed assessments of the potential impacts of climate change on their biodiversity and on ecosystem services more generally.
Subjects
Climate change; British overseas territories; Biodiversity; Research
Date
8 February 2007
Reference
1869; 689 c148-9WA
House
House of Lords
Which proposals for European Union legislation they gave agreement to were passed in 2005 and in 2006 to date on which the Scrutiny Reserve Resolution relating to the work of the House of Lords European Union Select Committee was still in place; and which of these were deemed to be...
Which proposals for European Union legislation they gave agreement to were passed in 2005 and in 2006 to date on which the Scrutiny Reserve Resolution relating to the work of the House of Lords European Union Select Committee was still in place; and which of these were deemed to be...
Asked by
Baroness Byford
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Triesman
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Answered on
7 November 2006
The Government provide the House of Lords European Union Committee with twice-yearly reports of the occasions when Ministers gave agreement to legislative proposals in the Council of Ministers before the committee had lifted its scrutiny reserve. On each occasion, Ministers write to the chairman of the European Union Committee setting out why the Government judged it important to give agreement before scrutiny had been completed. For an accurate assessment of the reasons in each case, we would need to consult the correspondence between the lead Minister and the chairman of the committee and confirm with lead departments their assessment of the reasons. This would incur disproportionate cost.
In 2005, there were 44 occasions. However, that figure was higher than would have been the case had Parliament not been dissolved in April and May due to the general election. In 2006, there have been15 occasions up to the end of June. Figures have yet to be compiled for the period since the end of June. I have placed copies of the reports covering the period from January 2005 to June 2006 in the Library.
Subjects
EU law; Parliamentary scrutiny; European Union Committee
Date
7 November 2006
Reference
7486; 686 c118WA
House
House of Lords