Environment Minister Dr. John Cortes this week attended an event at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Rooms in Westminster Hall. The event was hosted by MP Andrew Rosindell and the UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum.

The event included a presentation on ‘Safeguarding the Globally Important Wildlife of the UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies’ by Dr. Mike Pienkowski, Honorary Chief Executive of the Forum.

The event was attended by members of both Houses of Parliament, including Richard Benyon MP, Under-Secretary of State for the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Baroness Hooper, President of the Friends of Gibraltar, as well as representatives from Overseas Territories and provided an opportunity for discussion of environmental issues of concern to the Territories.