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FOI2022/00051: Biodiversity Duty and Grant Funding

Some or all of the information requested was not provided because we didn't hold it.

Case reference FOI2022/00051

Published 19 April 2022

Request

Request Received: 15 February 2022

I noticed that today you published a blog about investing £40 million in a green future for the UK https://www.ukri.org/news/nerc-invests-40-million-in-a-green-future-for-the-uk/ and I would like to know

Do you have any evidence to show that criteria were set to highlight the importance of conserving within-species genetic diversity for native plants as part of what projects you were prepared to fund?

Do you have any evidence that any of the projects specifically said they would conserve within-species genetic diversity of native plants within their proposed project outlines?

Response

Response Sent: 10 March 2022

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