§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those projects concerned with the conversation of tropical rainforests, or species within them, funded through the global environment facility, together with sums of money which have been committed internationally to each project; and if he will indicate if each project forms part of biodiversity action plans published by the Governments of the countries in which the projects are located. [25925]
§ Mr. HanleyFurther to the holding reply of 23 April, the table lists relevant projects and is based on information supplied by the secretariat of the global environment facility. Under the biodiversity convention, each party is obliged to develop or adapt national plans, strategies or programmes for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity in accordance with its particular conditions and capabilities. Many countries have yet to complete or adapt these plans. Some of the projects listed will assist in the formulation of these plans. However, all GEF projects relate to the recipient Governments' existing relevant environmental plans. These are listed in the table.
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$ million Country and project title Total international commitment GEF commitment Biodiversity action plan Gabon; Conservation of Biodiversity through Effective Management of Wildlife Trade 1.0 1.0 No Ghana; Coastal Wetlands Management 7.2 7.2 1No Guatemala; Integrated Biodiversity Protection in the Sarstun Montagua Region 7.7 4.0 Yes Guyana; Programme for Sustainable Forestry (Iwokrama Rain Forest) 3.4 3.0 Yes India; Ecodevelopment 56.0 20.0 1No Indonesia; Biodiversity Collections 7.2 7.2 Yes Indonesia; Kerinci Seblat Integrated Conservation and Development 34.2 15.0 Yes Lao PDR; Wildlife and Protected Areas Conservation 19.3 5.0 1No Latin America region; Regional Strategies for Sustainable Conservation of Natural Resources in the Amazon 4.5 4.5 Yes Latin America region; Biodiversity Enterprise Fund for Latin America 5.0 5.0 2No Mauritius, Biodiversity Restoration 1.2 1.2 1No Mauritius; Restoration of Highly Degraded and Threatened Native Forests 0.2 0.2 No Mexico; Protected Areas Programme 25.0 25.0 No South Pacific region; Biodiversity Conservation Programme 12.0 8.2 3No Panama; Biodiversity Conservation in the Darien 9.0 9.0 No Papua New Guinea; Biodiversity Conservation and Resource Management 5.0 5.0 1No Peru; National Trust Fund for Protected Areas 6.5 5.0 4No Philippines; Conservation of Priority Protected Areas 20.0 20.0 5No Sri Lanka; Wildlife Conservation and Protected Areas Management 4.1 4.1 6No Uganda; Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahingi Gorilla National Park Conservation 4.9 4.0 1No Vietnam; Creating Protected Areas for Resources Conservation 5.69 3.0 Yes Totals 384.09 276.7 1 Supports National Environmental Action Plan and/or Tropical Forest Action Plan. 2 Supports private sector initiatives that promote biodiversity conservation throughout Latin America. 3 Supports South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme and the Action Strategy for Nature Conservation in the South Pacific Region. 4 Funds the drafting of a master plan for the management of Peru's national parks. 5 Forms part of "Philippines Strategy for Sustainable Development". 6 Supports "National Policy for Wildlife Conservation".