HC Deb 22 March 1993 vol 221 c464W
Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what financial resources have been made available to(a) Zimbabwe, (b) Tanzania, (c) Zaire and (d) Kenya to protect the remaining rhinoceroses.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

Since 1990, the following sums have been committed to projects specifically aimed at protecting the rhino.

£
(a) Zimbabwe 37,200
(b) Tanzania 33,600
(c) Kenya 100,000

Since 1990 we have also committed the following sums to projects concerned with the protection and conservation of wildlife, which should also benefit the rhinoceros:

£
(a) Zimbabwe 2,931,444
(b) Tanzania 1,155,800
(c) Kenya 13,400,331

We have not supported wildlife projects in Zaire.

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