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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-09-05more like thismore than 2022-09-05
answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
answering dept id 208 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
hansard heading Amazonia: Rainforests more like this
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 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the impact of the 33,116 fires in August 2022 in Brazil's Amazon rainforest on health, the environment and biodiversity. more like this
tabling member constituency Leeds North East more like this
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Fabian Hamilton more like this
uin 47369 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-09-21more like thismore than 2022-09-21
answer text <p>Deforestation is affecting livelihoods, biodiversity and carbon sequestration and has increased at a worrying rate since 2018, with a 22% increase in deforested area recorded between 2020 and 2021. Fires have contributed to this trend. At COP26 the UK committed £300 million to help protect the rainforest throughout the Amazonian biome through the International Climate Finance (ICF) Programme.</p><p>Also at COP26, the UK welcomed Brazil's commitments to eliminate illegal deforestation by 2028 and restore 18 million hectares of forest by 2030. Through ICF projects, the UK works side by side with Brazil to tackle deforestation in all nine Amazon states and carefully monitors deforestation across the Amazon region to inform our efforts.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire remove filter
answering member printed Jesse Norman more like this
grouped question UIN 47367 more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-09-21T14:53:24.133Zmore like thismore than 2022-09-21T14:53:24.133Z
answering member
3991
label Biography information for Jesse Norman more like this
tabling member
415
label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton more like this