AQW 13899/17-22

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 02/02/2021
Answered On Date: 15/02/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (i) how much Barnett consequentials his Department received as part of the Nature for Climate Fund; and (ii) what actions he is taking to carry forward this scheme in his Department.

Answer:

My Department has not received any Barnett consequentials as part of the Nature for Climate Fund;

I continue to implement the ‘Forests for our Future’ programme which Minister Poots announced in March of this year which pledges to help tackle climate change by planting 18 million trees over the next 10 years.

I am currently developing a Peatland Strategy for Northern Ireland which will provide a framework for conserving our intact semi-natural peatlands and restoring degraded semi-natural peatlands. I intend to publish the strategy for consultation soon.