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date	11/09/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Wildlife: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the extent of the role of terrorist organisations in the illegal ivory and wildlife smuggling trade.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
uin	209107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government recognises that the multi-billion pound illegal wildlife trade not only has a devastating effect on affected species.</p><p>The Government hosted a major conference of global leaders in London in February 2014 to help eradicate the illegal wildlife trade and better protect affected species from the threat of extinction. 25 practical commitments to action were agreed in a Declaration by the participating states. One of those commitments was to undertake further assessment of the markets and dynamics of the illegal wildlife trade and progress made to combat it, including exploring links to terrorism.</p><p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office commissioned a review of the Global Impacts of the Illegal Wildlife Trade: The Costs of Crime, Insecurity and Institutional Erosion, which was published in February this year. This Review found that armed non-state actors are involved with poaching. Progress on all commitments in the London Declaration will be assessed at a follow-up Conference in Kasane, Botswana, in March 2015.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 16/10/2014 13:44:54 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

91440

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department's posts in Africa are taking to promote UK businesses linked to sustainable tourism.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
uin	208997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2014 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is working closely with our partners in government, including DFID and UKTI, to deliver a number of UK Government objectives in Africa, particularly to support UK business and drive sustainable economic growth. For example, Her Majesty's Government’s High Level Prosperity Partnerships with Angola, Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana, Mozambique and Tanzania involves collaborating with UK business across a variety of sectors, though not exclusive to tourism.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 10/10/2014 15:31:01 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

91441

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to (a) provide and (b) facilitate (i) military and (ii) other training to law enforcement agencies in Africa to tackle wildlife poaching and smuggling.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
uin	208998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to playing its part in international action to tackle wildlife poaching and smuggling.</p><p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is using its network of diplomatic posts to influence international efforts to combat the illegal wildlife trade, including through supporting anti-poaching and trafficking initiatives.</p><p>In December 2013 the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department for International Development announced £10 million of funding, over 4 years, to help developing countries tackle the illegal wildlife trade. The funding will support actions under three themes: developing sustainable livelihoods for communities affected by illegal wildlife trade, strengthening law enforcement and the role of the criminal justice system, and reducing demand for the products of illegal wildlife trade.</p><p>One of the projects already selected for funding aims to identify trafficking routes, individuals and networks involved in the illegal trade of elephant ivory and rhinoceros horns in Uganda, Kenya and South Africa. This project will increase cooperation between national and international authorities.</p><p>Further information about projects that successfully applied for funding under the competitive “Illegal Wildlife Challenge Fund” this summer will be available soon.</p><p>The FCO is working with a number of African countries in assisting them with options to provide anti-poaching training. For example, the British Army ran a training programme for the Kenyan Wildlife Service and the Kenyan Forestry Service, beginning in December 2013, with the aim of sharing operational tactics with Kenyan rangers following the killing of over 60 rangers on duty across the country by poachers in the past two years.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 15/10/2014 13:36:36 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar