AQW 5710/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (i) whether his Department plans to update the Biodiversity Strategy for Northern Ireland; and (ii) if so, when a first draft will be available.
Asked by John Blair MLA on 10 July 2020
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 10 July 2020
- Answer due by
- 29 July 2020
- Answered
- 28 July 202018 days after tabling
- Priority question
- No
Answer
My officials are currently engaging with Defra and the other Devolved Administrations in a framework to implement the new post 2020 international targets that will be agreed by the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD). The CBD will consider revised targets to halt the loss of biodiversity globally.
Following this agreement, my Department will be developing a new Biodiversity Strategy to fulfil Northern Ireland’s commitments to the new post 2020 international targets. It is anticipated that a first draft will be complete by late 2021.