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Forests: Environment Protection

Asked by Afzal KhanLabourDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 4 November 2025UIN 85305

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle deforestation.

Answered by Katie White

The UK strongly supports global efforts to protect forests, including advocating for the international commitment to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030, while supporting livelihoods and economic development. Through diplomacy, partnerships and development programming, we are working to improve forest governance, sustainable trade and investment, and to mobilise finance to protect and restore the world's major tropical forest basins.

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