Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of the UK's official development assistance is directed towards ecosystem protection and restoration in the six critical ecosystem regions identified in the national security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security.

Tackling nature loss is a core priority for UK International Climate Finance (ICF). In the ICF3 period (2021/22- 2025/26) we delivered £3.4 billion for nature across a range of critical geographies, out of a total of £12.8 billion ICF spend.

Over the next three years, the UK is allocating around £6 billion of our aid budget as ICF, and we will also deliver an additional £6.7 billion of UK backed climate and nature positive public finance. Through ICF 4 we will continue to prioritise protecting our vital natural ecosystems like oceans and forests and supporting governments and financial institutions to integrate nature into their economic decisions.