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Snow Leopards: Conservation

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Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN 51982, tabled on 7 November 2016

Question

John Mann
Labour
Bassetlaw
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with foreign governments on UK support for efforts to ensure the survival of the snow leopard in the wild.

Answer

Dr Thérèse Coffey
Conservative
Suffolk Coastal
Commons

Answered on

14 November 2016

Defra has had no discussions with foreign governments on UK support for efforts to ensure the survival of the snow leopard in the wild. However, we have funded projects through the Darwin Initiative that have benefitted Asian big cats including the snow leopard.

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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