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<p>The Government is fully committed to creating a Blue Belt around the UK Overseas
Territories (OTs). We remain on track to deliver four million km<sup>2</sup> of protected
ocean around our OTs by 2020. In support of our commitment, I was please to announce
£20 million of funding to support our Blue Belt commitments over the next four years
at the Our Oceans Summit in Washington DC last September.</p><p>So far, that funding
has provided support to develop management, surveillance and enforcement plans to
very large marine protected areas already announced. It has also supported the development
of marine protection strategies to Territories committed to developing marine protection
regimes by 2020. Specific funding arrangements for future years are under discussion.</p>
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