Nearly £30m will go to support developing countries in delivering the ‘30x30’ target, which is aiming to protect least 30 per cent of the world’s land and ocean habitats by 2030.
The target has the support of over 100 countries globally, with UK negotiators driving to get it included in a new UN Global Biodiversity Framework being negotiated in Montreal this week.
In 2020, the government pledged to stick to the 30x30 target for land and sea in the UK, but a recent report found that only minimal progress has been made on plans to meet this commitment so far.
As well as the funding for developing countries, an additional £5.79m of new funding will be spent on conservation projects in UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs).
These include using satellite technology to monitor seabird populations in South Georgia and measuring the impact of humpback whales on krill populations around the South Atlantic islands.
Other projects will see the reintroduction of threatened...