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NEWS RELEASEDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
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102/03 |
24 March 2003 | |
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INTERNATIONAL BIODIVERSITY BOOSTED BY £4 MILLION IN GOVERNMENT FUNDING | ||
International biodiversity projects are benefiting from a total of £4million in Government funding this year as part of biodiversity grants scheme the Darwin Initiative, Nature Protection Minister Elliot Morley announced today
The money includes the 11th round of the Defra award scheme, as well as funding for existing projects. This year 34 new projects will receive £1.9million aimed at saving international species such as the saiga antelope and marine turtles.
The scheme helps poorer countries conserve their rich biodiversity resources, using UK expertise in a partnership approach.
Mr Morley said:
'The Darwin Initiative is part of Defra's commitment to tackling biodiversity problems at an international level. We are supporting these important projects aimed at saving species and ecosystems by putting in even more money. This year we will be spending £4million,up from £3million last year, on Darwin projects, both new and existing.'
Conservation projects benefiting from this year's awards include:
- Studies into the vulnerable Peruvian populations of the Andean Guanaco, believed to be an ancestor of the llama.
- Work towards developing an action plan for saving the endangered Marine Turtles of Anegada.
- Vital management of an invasive superweed in China, by introducing a specially developed fungus as a clean up operation.
- Conserving the Saiga antelope to help local communities.
- Conserving flamingos on Lake Bogoria in Kenya, aiming to understand the unexplained deaths of lesser flamingos on the lake.
- Sustainable farming of coral reefs in Fiji and the Solomon Islands
- Rhino monitoring in Kenya, a management strategy for the critically endangered eastern black rhino, led by the Institute of Zoology.
Notes for editors
1. The Darwin Initiative was first announced at the Rio Summit in 1992. It is a biodiversity grants programme, run and funded by Defra.
2. The Prime Minister announced an extra £7million for the Darwin Initiative funding in August 2002. This takes the existing annual budget, which was £3million, up to £4million in 2003, rising to £7 million by 2005.
This year's £4million includes a total of £1,980,104 for the 34 new projects which have won funding. The remainder funds stages 2 and 3 of existing projects.
3. Projects are selected which will provide long-term benefits to the region after the conclusion of the UK contribution, and which would not otherwise be carried out without the funding.
4. The projects help developing countries to fulfil commitments under the Convention on Biological Diversity, which was signed at the Rio summit, and has the support of more than 180 governments.
5. The Darwin Advisory Committee is chaired by Professor David Ingram (Master of St Catherine's College, Cambridge) and gives advice to Ministers on the direction of the programme and provides recommendations. A full list of the projects awarded grants from the eleventh round is attached.
DARWIN INITIATIVE: 11TH ROUND - LIST OF PROJECTS
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Reference No |
Organisation and Project Leader |
Project Title |
Country |
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1 |
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - Dr Hugh Wynford Pritchard |
Darwin Initiative Research Exercise on Community Tree Seeds |
Botswana |
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2 |
University of Stirling - Dr Kate Abernethy |
Capacity Building for Monitoring and Managing the Bushmeat Trade in Gabon |
Gabon |
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3 |
Earthwatch Institute and University of Leicester - Mr Julian Laird |
Flamingo Conservation and Ramsar Site Management at Lake Bogoria, Kenya |
Kenya |
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4 |
Institute of Zoology - Dr Rajan Amin |
Building capacity for conservation of a critically endangered flagship species (black rhino) |
Kenya |
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5 |
University of Plymouth - Dr Linton Winder |
Rediscovering the neglected insects of Mauritius |
Mauritius |
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6 |
Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology - Professor Nigel Leader-Williams |
Transnational conservation planning in the Maputaland ecoregion of Southern Africa |
Mozambique, South Africa and Swaziland |
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7 |
ResourceAfrica - Jon Hutton |
Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary Gorilla Research and Conservation Project |
Nigeria |
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8 |
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - Dr Vincent Savolainen |
DNA banking phylogeny and conservation of the South African flora |
South Africa |
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9 |
University of Warwick - Dr Susan Barker |
Darwin Field Station for Biodiversity Research and Training, The Gambia |
The Gambia |
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10 |
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - Jim Stevenson |
Empowering the people of Tristan to implement the CBD |
Tristan da Cunha, South Africa |
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11 |
The Natural History Museum - Dr Sandra Knapp |
Information incentives for CBD implementation in private reserves (Argentina, Paraguay) |
Argentina and Paraguay |
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12 |
The Natural History Museum - Professor Richard M Bateman |
Xate palms (Chamaedorea spp.) in Belize: conservation and sustainable management |
Belize |
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13 |
University of Glasgow - Ross Macleod |
Bolivian Important Biodiversity Areas Project |
Bolivia |
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14 |
University of East Anglia - Dr Carlos A Peres |
Biodiversity and functional value of Amazonian primary, secondary and plantation forests |
Brazil |
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15 |
WWF-UK - Dr Sandra Charity |
Enhancing biodiversity conservation in Brazil through the use of an economic incentive |
Brazil |
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16 |
University of Strathclyde - Dr Alexander Gray/ Dr Ann Mitchell |
Indigenous Methods to Sustainably Manage Riverine Plantations, Amazon Region |
Colombia |
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17 |
Institute of Zoology - Dr Simon Goodman and Dr Andrew Cunningham |
Building capacity and determining disease threats to endemic Galapagos fauna |
Ecuador |
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18 |
Wildlife Conservation Research Unit - Professor David W Macdonald |
Climate Change and Conservation of Galapagos Endemic Bird Species |
Ecuador |
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19 |
Royal Holloway University of London & The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust - Dr J Mistry |
Sustainable Management of the Rupununi: linking biodiversity, environment and people |
Guyana |
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20 |
University of Wales Bangor - Lorraine Gormley |
Building Nicaraguan and Costa Rican capacity in biodiversity conservation |
Nicaragua |
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21 |
Heriot-Watt University - Dr James Mair |
Marine biodiversity assessment and development in Perlas Archipelago, Panama |
Panama |
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22 |
Cardiff University - Professor Michael Bruford |
Genetic Diversity and Management Implications for Andean Guanaco Populations in Peru |
Peru |
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23 |
University of Wales - Dr Brendan Godley |
Darwin Biodiversity Action Plan for Anegada, BVI |
British Virgin Islands |
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24 |
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Dr David Rae |
Institutional Capacity Building & Training, Royal Botanic Garden, Serbithang, Bhutan |
Bhutan |
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25 |
BirdLife International - Jonathan C Eames |
Building constituencies for site-based conservation in Myanmar |
Myanmar |
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26 |
CABI Bioscience - Dr Carol A Ellison |
Towards sustainable management of alien invasive weeds in southern China |
China |
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27 |
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - Dr Deborah Pain |
Prediction and management of declines in Gyps species vultures |
Jordan, Iran, India, Yemen, Kazakhstan, Caucasus |
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28 |
Imperial College - Dr E.J Milner-Gulland |
Using saiga antelope conservation to improve rural livelihoods |
Kazakhstan and Autonomous Republic of Kalmykia |
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29 |
Zoological Society of London - Dr Kate Oddie |
The Steppe Forward Programme: Training conservationists for Mongolia's Future |
Mongolia |
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30 |
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Professor Stephen Blackmore |
Building capacity for plant biodiversity inventory and conservation in Nepal |
Nepal |
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31 |
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - Dr Norbert Schaffer |
Implementing urgent conservation actions in mesotrophic fen mires in Belarus |
Belarus |
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32 |
Field Studies Council Environmental Education Unit - Dr James Hindson |
Supporting the Development of Nature Conservation Education in Bulgaria |
Bulgaria |
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33 |
Just World Partners - Dorothy Macintosh |
Blue Forests: Sustainable Farming of Coral Reefs |
Fiji and the Solomon Islands |
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34 |
Royal Holloway Institute for Environmental Research - Professor Edward Maltby |
The Darwin Southeast Asian Wetland Restoration Initiative |
Vietnam |
6. For more information on the Darwin Initiative, including details and pictures of existing projects, go to www.darwin.gov.uk
Public Enquiries: 08459 335577
Press Notices available via Defra website
http://www.defra.gov.uk
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