UK touts £8m for nature conservation projects in Overseas Territories

Cecilia Keating
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Government unveils biodiversity funding boost as it also joins global efforts to protect Amazon rainforest in Peru

The government has today announced an £8m funding boost for more than 30 conservation projects in the UK's Overseas Territories, in a bid to stem the decline of rare species and vulnerable habitats...

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