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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-04-16more like thismore than 2018-04-16
answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading Biodiversity remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the outcomes of the 2018 Plenary meeting of Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. more like this
tabling member constituency Arfon more like this
tabling member printed
Hywel Williams more like this
uin 135914 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-04-23more like thismore than 2018-04-23
answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The sixth Plenary of the Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) met in Medellin, Colombia between 17 and 24 March.</p><p> </p><p>Five new assessments were adopted – four Regional Assessments on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (for Africa; the Americas; Asia-Pacific; and Europe and Central Asia) and a thematic assessment on Land Degradation and Restoration. UK scientists have been at the forefront of delivering these assessments. Thirteen leading UK scientists worked on the assessment for Europe and Central Asia.</p><p> </p><p>The assessments will feed into a global synopsis called Global Biodiversity Outlook to be finalised in 2019 and this will inform future targets and action under the Convention on Biological Diversity. We are determined to play a lead role in the development of an ambitious international biodiversity strategy under the Convention.</p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal more like this
answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-04-23T11:28:34.947Zmore like thismore than 2018-04-23T11:28:34.947Z
answering member
4098
label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey more like this
tabling member
1397
label Biography information for Hywel Williams more like this