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<p>Domestic biodiversity policy is a devolved matter and the information provided
relates to England only, except in relation to our international activity.</p><p>The
25 Year Environment Plan marks a step-change in ambition for wildlife and the natural
environment internationally and in England. It sets out over two hundred actions to
enhance the environment and has long-term goals for recovering nature.</p><p>We are
already delivering the 25 Year Plan commitments. We are bringing forward the first
Environment Bill in over 20 years with ambitious measures to address the biggest environmental
priorities of our age: air quality, thriving plants and wildlife, mitigation and adaptation
to climate change, and clean and plentiful water.</p><p>Agri-environment schemes provide
financial incentives for farmers and land managers to look after the environment.
We are developing a new Environmental Land Management scheme that will reward farmers
and land managers for delivering environmental outcomes such as conserving and restoring
habitats which will support our biodiversity goals.</p><p>We work with partners to
support the recovery of threatened species and their habitats. For example, Natural
England are working with landowners and conservation organisations on the Back from
the Brink programme, which aims to put over 100 threatened species on the road to
recovery by 2020.</p><p>At sea, we are expanding our protected areas. An ambitious
third tranche of 41 Marine Conservation Zones were designated in May 2019.</p><p>Nature
matters, but the ongoing decline in nature is a global problem that requires leadership
and global action. Our Darwin Initiative programme funds projects to protect biodiversity
and the natural environment in developing countries, with £10.3 million awarded in
2018/19. The UK Government is investing more than £36 million between 2014 and 2021
to counter the illegal wildlife trade and we are introducing one of the world’s toughest
ivory bans.</p><p>The UK has committed to continuing its leading role in global biodiversity
conservation, including calling for at least 30 per cent of the ocean to be in Marine
Protected Areas by 2030 and negotiating hard to agree a global post-2020 framework
under the Convention on Biological Diversity that is both ambitious and transformational.</p><p>
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