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A further boost for global wildlife
To celebrate the success of the UK’s Darwin Initiative, a flagship international wildlife and conservation programme, the UK government has has announced another £7.5 million to fund further projects, while in Brazil for Rio+20.
Launched at the original Earth Summit in Rio in 1992, Defra’s Darwin Initiative has helped some of the world’s poorest countries protect their wildlife and helped local communities to improve their environment and their livelihoods.
From this year the projects will also focus on helping some of the world’s poorest communities build their skills and improve their natural environment.
Announcing Round 19 of the Darwin funding during a visit to the Tijuca Forest in Brazil, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman said:
“It’s been twenty years since the UK launched the Darwin Initiative in Rio, and there is no better way to celebrate its success than in the place where it first started.
“Since its launch, the Initiative has provided £88 million to 756 projects in over 150 countries. The money and expertise
provided by the UK has funded projects across the globe, from helping to protect the endangered pink river dolphins of Brazil to saving the world’s most endangered duck, the Madagascan Pochard.
“So I’m delighted to be able to announce more funding that will allow the Initiative to continue its legacy and save many more vulnerable species and improve the lives of some of the poorest people.”
The Darwin Initiative has funded projects across the globe, including twenty in Brazil, where the money has helped provide vital training so that local communities can work together to reduce Amazonian wildfires. In Ethiopia the money will help local people and poor communities protect their wild coffee forests.
The funding has also helped newly discovered species such as the Burmese snub-nosed monkey, and provided support for local people in Cambodia so that they help the critically endangered Bengal Florican survive.
More information can be found at
http://darwin.defra.gov.uk/
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