Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 13548

Trees: Conservation

Tabled: 11 November 2024
Answered: 15 November 2024

Question

Alex Mayer

LabourDunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support the conservation of endemic tree species.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Genetic conservation is critical to maintaining the genetic pool of England’s native and endemic tree species. This diversity is important for evolutionary adaptation to environmental change. The Millennium Seed Bank, managed by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew,...

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