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Recommendation 7
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Illegal mining increasingly drives deforestation; FCDO programmes expand to address this.
Conclusion
Illegal mining is increasingly recognised as a driver of deforestation in some regions. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has indicated that its programmes addressing deforestation are to be expanded to cover a wider range of forest risk commodities, beyond timber, and will expressly include mining. We welcome this explicit recognition of a broader range of drivers of global deforestation. (Paragraph 27) The UK’s contribution to tackling global deforestation 47
Government Response
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