Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 13548
Trees: Conservation
Tabled: 11 November 2024
Answered: 15 November 2024
Question
Alex Mayer
Labour — Dunstable 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 CreaghGenetic 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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