PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(1 September 2026)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the national security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security, whether the UK is providing support to South East Asian states for coral reef and mangrove protection.

Asked by:
James MacCleary (Liberal Democrat)

The UK’s Blue Planet Fund supports partners in South East Asia to protect their corals reefs and mangroves by providing funding for locally-led solutions, technical assistance, and to catalyse additional finance. The UK is the largest donor to the Global Fund for Coral Reefs, a blended finance instrument that mobilises action to protect, restore and safeguard coral reefs and the communities that depend on them. Our bilateral programme, Climate and Ocean Adaptation and Sustainable Transitions (COAST), works closely with partners in Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam. The UK has also signed the Mangrove Breakthrough and the High-Level Climate-Resilient Coral Reef Commitment.

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