UK pledges $4 billion to nature and biodiversity protection
The money will come from an existing commitment of 11.6 billion pounds for international climate finance
FILE PHOTO: A couple skates at Domaine de la Foret Perdu or the Lost Forest, a 15km weaving and zambonied forest trail made for skating in Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, near Three Rivers, Quebec January 29, 2017. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi/File Photo
Britain will allocate 3 billion pounds ($4 billion) over five years to projects aimed at protecting and restoring nature and biodiversity, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday.
The money will come from an existing commitment of 11.6 billion pounds for international climate finance.
"We will not achieve our goals on climate change, sustainable development or preventing pandemics if we fail to take care of the natural world that provides us with the food we eat, the water we drink and the air we breathe," Johnson said in a statement.
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($1 = 0.7413 pounds)
