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<p>Defra works alongside the Department for International Development and Department
for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to prevent deforestation overseas. Together,
our three departments have committed to spending £5.8 billion in international climate
finance (ICF) between 2016 and 2021, which includes programmes that aim to reduce
emissions from deforestation and land use change. Since the ICF began in 2011, the
UK has spent just over £800 million on forest and land use programmes, which includes
projects that aim to reduce deforestation in Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo
and Indonesia.</p><p> </p><p>For example, the UK has made a £118 million commitment
to support forests and sustainable land use in Brazil, focused on State governments
and creating new businesses. This includes Defra’s £64.9 million investment that aims
to protect over 200,000 hectares of forest in the Amazon, Atlantic Forest and Cerrado
regions and to support over 5,000 farmers to transition into low carbon sustainable
agriculture.</p><p> </p><p>Through its Blue Forests programme, Defra is investing
£10.1 million, to reduce deforestation of mangroves habitats in Madagascar and Indonesia.
The programme aims to protect around 20,000 hectares of mangrove forests; deliver
around 13.9 million tonnes of carbon dioxide savings and benefit over 100,000 people.</p><p>
</p><p>The UK has also invested £115 million in the BioCarbon Fund – Initiative for
Sustainable Forested Landscapes which seeks to improve landscape management and reduce
emissions from the forest and land use sector in countries including Indonesia, while
promoting alternative livelihoods that help take the pressure off the country’s primary
forests and peatlands.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has also invested in the World Bank’s
Forest Carbon Partnership Facility Carbon Fund, which includes both Indonesia and
the Democratic Republic of Congo. The UK’s share of payments through the Fund will
be up to about £20 million, phased over several years, if Indonesia and the Democratic
Republic of Congo successfully preserve their forests and deliver verified emissions
reductions.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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