Recommendation 29

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.