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British Overseas Territories: Penguins

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Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UIN 6790, tabled on 13 December 2023

Question

Dr Thérèse Coffey
Conservative
Suffolk Coastal
Commons

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to help preserve penguin populations in the Overseas Territories.

Answer

David Rutley
Conservative
Macclesfield
Commons

Answered on

19 December 2023

Many protections already exist for penguins in the Overseas Territories. These include the Marine Protected Area around South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands, and the Antarctic Treaty System. The Government also supports biodiversity through Darwin Plus which, since 2012, has invested over £47 million in over 260 projects. Projects have aimed to conserve northern rockhopper penguins on Tristan da Cunha, and improve native tussac grassland to improve breeding habitat for Magellanic penguins in the Falkland Islands. In the UK-OT Joint Declaration, we committed to strengthen our partnership to protect and sustainably manage our unique and globally significant environments.

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