§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what priority the Minister of Overseas Development has given to the forestry discipline within the Overseas Development Administration's biodiversity programmes.
§ Mr. ChalkerWe made it clear in the ODA's publication "Biological Diversity and Developing Countries: Issues and Options", June 1991, that tropical forests, which may contain over 90 per cent. of species, have a very high priority within our support to biodiversity programmes in developing countries.