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Fungi: Conservation

Commons · Question 91916 · Tabled 18 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 24 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Kerry McCarthy

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made on supporting the Fungal Conservation Pledge since the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) in 2024.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 24 Nov 2025

To deliver against the statutory targets for biodiversity, in England, we are taking action at scale to create, restore, manage, and protect wildlife-rich habitats, reduce pressures on biodiversity, and take targeted action for species. This includes acti...