Xinhua News Agency, Kunming, October 10 Title: Freedom of All Kinds of Frost Days - Written on the Occasion of the Opening of the 15th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (Simplified Version)
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Dianchi Lake ripples, and the fragrance of dangui wafts. From 11 to 15 October, the first phase of the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) will be held in the beautiful spring city of Kunming.
"Ecological Civilization: Building a Community of Life on Earth" is not only the theme of this conference, but also a beautiful message for mankind for the future. As an important meeting of the United Nations in the field of ecology and environment, the blueprint for global biodiversity governance in the next 10 years will be from here to the world.
The beautiful rivers and mountains are full of vitality, showing the beauty of China
North of the Tianshan Mountains, to the east of the Junggar Basin, xinjiang is located in the Karamaili Mountains ungulate wildlife nature reserve in Xinjiang.
Not long ago, Wang Zhenbiao from the Xinjiang Wild Horse Breeding Research Center escorted 18 wild horses into the reserve's Arbor Xibai Wild Release Site. They have to say goodbye to captivity and return to the wilderness where their ancestors lived.
This is a Przewalski's wild horse photographed at the Xinjiang Wild Horse Breeding Research Center on August 9, 2021. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ding Lei
Once upon a time, the only remaining wild horses on Earth were mainly kept in captivity in foreign zoos. In 1985, China brought back 11 wild horses to start this endangered species rescue operation; after more than a decade of efforts, wild horses were released into the wild for the first time in 2001; at the end of 2020, the total number of wild wild horses in the reserve was 274, and the total number of wild horses in Xinjiang has accounted for about one-fifth of the total number of wild horses in the world.
The wild horse, like a microcosm, witnesses China's efforts to protect biodiversity and also interprets the significance of biodiversity for China and the world.
Biodiversity is related to human well-being and is an important foundation for human survival and development.
"We must stand at the height of being responsible for human civilization, respect nature, conform to nature, protect nature, explore the road of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, promote the coordination and unity of economic development and ecological protection, and build a prosperous, clean and beautiful world." On September 30, 2020, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered an important speech via video at the United Nations Biodiversity Summit.
China has continuously strengthened the protection and restoration of wild animals and plants and habitats through various measures such as promoting the construction of the nature reserve system and cracking down on illegal trade. 90% of terrestrial ecosystem types and 71% of national priority protected species of wild flora and fauna are effectively protected.
From the south to the north, from the inland to the seashore, more and more rare animals and animals are returning, showing the beauty of nature and ecology.
This year, a major "internet celebrity" in the global animal kingdom is none other than the wild Asian elephants in Yunnan. Through years of protection, the number of Asian elephants in the wild in China has increased from 180 in the 1980s to about 300 at present.
Wild elephant taken in Sunset Yi Township, Jinning District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, June 7, 2021 (drone photo). Xinhua News Agency
Remember this year's "entering the village" of the Siberian tiger "Guandashan No. 1"? It was the first wild Siberian tiger that china successfully rescued and released. China actively promotes the pilot construction of the Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park. Tigers and leopards are hidden in the forest, and the population of wild Siberian tigers in China has shown an increasing trend.
On May 18, 2021, at the forest farm of Muling Forestry Bureau Co., Ltd. in Heilongjiang Province, a wild Siberian tiger that had previously been successfully rescued in Mishan City stepped out of the iron box and returned to nature (video screenshot). Xinhua News Agency
The roof of the world, the snowy plateau, and biodiversity are also accelerating. Black-necked cranes rose from less than 3,000 to more than 8,000, and Tibetan antelopes rose to about 300,000.
The level of threat of giant pandas has been reduced from "endangered" to "vulnerable", "smiling angel" Yangtze River finless porpoises appear frequently, snow leopards in Sanjiangyuan National Park and other places appear frequently... More and more news about biodiversity has become a topic of conversation.
This is an infrared camera in the Baishuijiang area of Gansu Province of the Giant Panda National Park (file photo). Xinhua News Agency (Courtesy of Gansu Baishuijiang National Nature Reserve Management Bureau)
Biodiversity conservation actions are also unprecedented in the plant world.
In situ conservation, ex situ conservation, wild return... Through the continuous protection of rare and endangered wild plants, 120 species of wild plants with extremely small populations, such as Debao cycad, huagai wood and Baishanzu fir, have been rescued and protected, and the population of some endangered species has gradually recovered.
In recent years, China has paid more attention to the protection of germplasm resources, and has built nearly 200 botanical gardens at all levels, collecting and preserving more than 20,000 species; basically completing the collection and preservation of germplasm resources of cycads, palms and rare wild plants such as key orchids and magnolias native to China.
Chinese wisdom, Chinese solution, to solve the harmonious coexistence between man and nature
The former "bird fighter" Hou Tiguo has now become a "bird protector".
Baihualing Village, Longyang District, Baoshan City, Yunnan Province, where he lives, is known as a "five-star bird watching holy land".
"When I was a child, I was poor, I didn't have meat to eat, and if I wanted to eat meat, I would go up the mountain to hunt birds." Hou Tiguo said.
On December 4, 2020, in Baihualing Village, Longyang District, Baoshan City, Yunnan Province, "Bird Guide" Hou Tiguo (second from right) was watching birds at his own bird watching "Bird Pond". Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Hu Chao
In recent years, bird watching ecotourism has been on the rise. Hou Tiguo put down the slingshot and became a "bird guide". "Bird watching tour" also brought fire to catering, homestay and other industries, last year alone increased the villagers' income by more than 10 million yuan.
Man and nature should be harmonious and symbiotic.
General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out: "The ecological environment is the foundation of human survival and development, and changes in the ecological environment directly affect the rise and fall of civilization. ”
Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has taken the construction of ecological civilization as an important part of the overall layout of the "five-in-one" and the coordinated promotion of the "four comprehensive" strategic layout, carried out a series of fundamental, pioneering and long-term work, and put forward a series of new ideas, new ideas and new strategies.
Accelerate the top-level design and institutional system construction of ecological civilization——
On the basis of the existing types of natural protected areas, China has innovated the ecological space protection model and creatively proposed the ecological protection redline system.
The "Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of Ecological Civilization" and the "Overall Plan for the Reform of the Ecological Civilization System" have been promulgated one after another, and dozens of reform plans involving the construction of ecological civilization have been comprehensively and systematically deployed.
Win the battle against pollution——
The sky is bluer, from the smog locked the city in previous years to the blue sky and white clouds are permanent now.
The water is cleaner, and the stinky ditch behind the front and back of the mass house has quietly turned into a babbling stream.
The mountains and rivers are more beautiful, and some places once lacked forests and less greenery, yellow sand and sky, and now they are full of green mountains.
Guard the green water and green mountains, in exchange for the golden mountains and silver mountains——
Imposition photo: The above photo is a data photo of Yu Village in Tianhuangping Town, Anji County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, in the 1980s; the picture below is a tourist tour of the renovated Yu Village on April 24, 2018 (photo by Weng Xinyang, Xinhua News Agency). Xinhua News Agency
YuCun, Tianhuangping Town, Anji County, Zhejiang Province, has shifted from "selling stones" to "selling scenery", reflecting the major changes in China's development concept.
Villager Hu Bin is a native of the village, and the scene of digging in the mountains, rumbling cannons and dust in the village is the deepest memory of his childhood. In the past few years, the mine has been closed to restore the ecology, and the village has a view in all four seasons. 4 years ago, Hu Bin, who had been working outside for many years, returned to his hometown to open an inn, and the business was booming.
Explore the accounting of the gross production value of the ecosystem, expand the horizontal ecological compensation of the river basin, and vigorously develop the green ecological industry... All localities have explored the specific practice of transforming "green water and green mountains" into "golden mountains and silver mountains" paths, and taken solid steps.
The Chinese wisdom and Chinese solution of the unity of heaven and man and the natural taoism have also won the affirmation of the world.
Elizabeth Murraema, Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, said that China is a strong supporter and contributor to global biodiversity conservation, and the concept of ecological civilization proposed by China is crucial for countries to achieve global biodiversity goals, and the work in promoting harmonious coexistence between man and nature is worth learning from all countries.
Mankind breathes together, all things share the same destiny, and work together to build a better home
At present, human beings stand at the crossroads of biodiversity conservation and global sustainable development.
At the United Nations Biodiversity Summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed that we should work together, seize action, protect in development, develop in protection, and build a beautiful home in harmony with all things.
Building a better home together is a solemn commitment from China.
On September 21 this year, at the general debate of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, President Xi Jinping put forward a global development initiative to improve global environmental governance, actively address climate change, and build a community of human and natural life. Accelerate the green and low-carbon transformation and achieve green recovery and development.
"China will strive to achieve carbon peaking by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060, which will require hard work, but we will do our best." The sonorous words further released a strong signal to the world that China will unswervingly take the road of green development.
Jointly building a better homeland is the responsibility of a big country from China.
In Kenya, the Neima Railway, built by a Chinese company, runs through Nairobi National Park and extends far away to benefit the local people.
In order to ensure the free passage of large animals such as giraffes, the first phase of the Neima Railway adopted a 6.5-kilometer bridge through the park, and the bridge also set up a sound barrier to reduce the noise of trains as they passed, so as to minimize the impact on wildlife.
This is a zebra photographed inside Nairobi National Park in Kenya on May 19, 2021. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Long Lei
There are many more such stories.
Jointly building a better home is a firm proposition from China.
Hand in hand, create a better future. For the upcoming COP15 to be held in Kunming, President Xi Jinping attaches great importance to it and has repeatedly issued the "Invitation to Spring City" to the world at important international conferences to discuss new strategies for global biodiversity governance and jointly open a new process of global biodiversity governance.
Ambitious and pragmatic, full of challenges and expectations, accompanied by hardships and joys, the conference will summarize the progress and experience of the implementation of the global biodiversity targets in the past 10 years, and bring together parties, international organizations and all stakeholders to formulate the "Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework", bringing opportunities for transformational changes in biodiversity conservation, and is a landmark conference.
Starting from Kunming, hand in hand, working together, we will surely be able to build a beautiful world of harmony with all things! (Reporters Li Yin, Zou Wei, Gao Jing, Wang Changshan, Hu Lu, Wang Libin)