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Written Question
Developing Countries: Forests
Tuesday 12th May 2020

Asked by: Chris Grayling (Conservative - Epsom and Ewell)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2020 on Developing Countries: Forests, how much funding her Department allocated to each of those international forestry projects.

Answered by James Duddridge

The total budgets allocated to the international forestry projects listed in the Answer of 12 March 2020 are provided in the table below.

Project

Duration of funding

Total budget allocated

Nepal Multi-Stakeholder Forestry Programme

2011-2016

£16,124,703

Forest Governance, Markets and Climate (Global)

2011-2023

£280,000,000

Investments in Forests and Sustainable Land Use (Global)

2015-2023

£ 102,596,352

International Forestry Knowledge programme (Global)

2012-2017

£36,987,765

Forestry, Land-use and Governance in Indonesia

2015-2020

£32,549,986

Improving Livelihoods and Land Use in Congo Basin Forests

2015-2020

£15,260,720

Green Economic Growth for West Papua (Indonesia)

2016-2022

£11,512,311

Supporting a Sustainable Future for West Papua’s Forests (Indonesia)

2018-2020

£6,200,000

Total

£501,231,837


Written Question
Developing Countries: Forests
Thursday 12th March 2020

Asked by: Chris Grayling (Conservative - Epsom and Ewell)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2020 to Question 1890 on Developing Countries: Environment Protection, if she will list the international forestry projects that have received grants from her Department in each year since 2016.

Answered by James Duddridge

The international forestry projects receiving funding since 2016 are as follows:

  • Nepal Multi-Stakeholder Forestry Programme
  • Forest Governance, Markets and Climate (global programme with governance and timber legality focus)
  • Investments in Forests and Sustainable Land Use (global programme with supply chains focus)
  • International Forestry Knowledge programme (KnowFor)
  • Forestry, Land-use and Governance in Indonesia
  • Improving Livelihoods and Land Use in Congo Basin Forests
  • Green Economic Growth for West Papua (Indonesia)
  • Supporting a Sustainable Future for West Papua’s Forests (Indonesia)

In addition, DFID supports forestry projects through its grant contributions to two multilateral funds, the Global Environment Facility and Green Climate Fund.


Written Question
Developing Countries: Environment
Wednesday 29th January 2020

Asked by: Chris Grayling (Conservative - Epsom and Ewell)

Question to the Department for International Development:

What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding provided by his Department for environmental projects in the developing world.

Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Tackling climate change and environmental degradation are key priorities for DFID and this Government. At UNCAS in September, the PM announced a new £220m International Biodiversity Fund and that the UK will double our international climate finance to £11.6bn between 2021-2025, helping developing countries to take action in these areas.


Written Question
Developing Countries: Environment Protection
Thursday 16th January 2020

Asked by: Chris Grayling (Conservative - Epsom and Ewell)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) grants and (b) other funding his Department has allocated to international re-greening projects in each of the last three years.

Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

DFID supports activities related to re-greening in various areas. This includes forestry, where DFID contributes to the UK’s efforts to protect biodiversity, reduce carbon emissions and support the livelihoods of communities reliant on forests and agriculture. Between 2016-2019, DFID provided grants totalling £211 million (bi-lateral and multi-lateral) for international forestry projects.

The UK is also doubling its International Climate Finance to at least £11.6 billion over the period 2021-2025 to help developing countries take action on climate change. This will include a major uplift to support nature-based solutions to climate change.