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<p>The Government’s 25-Year Environment Action Plan outlines our ambition to reduce
deforestation caused by the UK’s imports of agricultural commodities and has established
an industry-led Task Force to advise Government on how to achieve that goal.</p><p>
</p><p>Internationally, the UK has been an active member the Amsterdam Declarations
Partnership, providing funding to support analysis and coordination. Through our bilateral
programme, we have developed the Investments in Forests and Sustainable Land Use programme,
which runs from 2015-2023, with current committed funding of £113 million from DFID
and BEIS. It was designed to accelerate progress on delivery of the Amsterdam Declaration
commitments, and operates in Southeast Asia, East Africa, West and Central Africa
(with DFID support), and in Latin America (with BEIS assistance). The programme is
pioneering new approaches which both promote economic growth and livelihoods and protect
forests. It currently has a portfolio of public-private partnerships that aim to bring
up to 1.4 million hectares of land under sustainable management and mobilise up to
£350m of private investment.</p>
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