Select committee: Environmental Audit Committee
Conclusion 29
First Report - Biodiversity in the UK: bloom or bust?
Published 30 Jun 2021
Paragraph 134
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
We welcome the funding announcements and increased public expenditure on international biodiversity, however international conservation funding is still greatly outstripped by subsidies which cheapen the exploitation of the natural environment. The Government cannot spend more exploiting the natural environment than conserving it if climate change and biodiversity are to be tackled in any meaningful way. Information on the extent of subsidies harmful to biodiversity is absent from the public domain, despite this information being necessary to achieve Aichi Biodiversity Target 3.
From: Environmental Audit Committee, First Report - Biodiversity in the UK: bloom or bust? (HC 136), paragraph 134, 30 June 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 30 September 2021 (deadline 30 August 2021).