Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the ODA Wildlife Management - AEWA Grant Funding.

Grant funding to the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) was provided to support delivery of the Plan of Action for Africa; a work package agreed by the parties to AEWA to provide a strategic plan for the conservation of waterbirds and their habitats in Africa. Specifically, it provided a contribution to existing long-term projects to restore habitats and reduce human-wildlife conflicts impacting on vulnerable populations of Madagascar Pond-heron, Black-tailed Godwit and the White-winged Flufftail. Reports have been completed and provided to AEWA parties which set out that the projects planned activities, supported by UK funding, which were delivered to agreed timelines. Additionally, financial oversight of AEWA as a whole is provided by the standing committee, which the UK currently chairs.