To help him spend the 拢6 million made available for the new Darwin
Initiative on global biodiversity over the next three years, Britain鈥檚 environment
secretary Michael Howard this week announced the formation of an advisory
committee. It will be chaired by Crispin Tickell, former British ambassador
to the UN and permanent secretary of the Overseas Development Administration.
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