Biodiversity: Finance
(asked on 26th March 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase funding for the Biodiversity Challenge Funds.
Answered by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 7th April 2026
Defra has an official development assistance (ODA) allocation of £115 million per year from 2026-2027 until 2028‑29. Defra will use a significant portion of this to continue to support the Biodiversity Challenge Funds. A new round of the Darwin Initiative should launch in May, and IWT Challenge Fund and Darwin Plus will be sharing updates in due course.