Source: China News Network
(Biodiversity Conference) Global biodiversity restoration path presents "diversification"
Kunming, October 13 (China News Service) -- The 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity, which is being held in Kunming, China, held the "High-level Meeting and Ministerial Parallel Roundtable I." Representatives from dozens of countries and international organizations shared their experiences and practices around the "Pathway to Biodiversity Restoration", and the global biodiversity restoration pathway was "diversified".
Academician Wei Fuwen of the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences introduced that China is using the idea of ecological civilization to guide biodiversity conservation and biological ecosystem restoration, innovatively combining biodiversity conservation with territorial spatial planning, promoting the implementation of the ecological protection redline system, building a nature reserve system with national parks as the main body, and promoting the comprehensive management of mountains, water, forests, fields, lakes, grasses and sands, providing institutional guarantees for biodiversity restoration. It has achieved remarkable results in the protection of endangered species and the restoration of ecosystems, which has contributed Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to the corresponding challenges for the international community.
On October 12, the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity Leaders' Summit was held in Kunming, Yunnan Province, in a combination of online and offline. Photo by Liu Ranyang, a reporter from China News Service
New Zealand is a country surrounded by oceans and seas that has always placed the protection of nature at the heart of national development. Kirtapu Allan, New Zealand's Minister of Conservation, said New Zealand has planned a number of projects to protect nature and invested $1.2 billion in them. New Zealand's innovative approach to biodiversity conservation is to involve local indigenous peoples, who are able to use their traditional natural knowledge to achieve better conservation of biodiversity.
Speaking at the ambassador of the Environment of Australia, Sussan Ley said that two years ago, there was a forest fire in Australia that involved a wide area and had a very serious impact, which made the Australian people very concerned about the restoration of biodiversity. To that end, Australia had taken concrete measures and invested heavily in efforts to promote biodiversity recovery in the affected areas. In addition, Australia has established two new marine national parks and 78 protected areas in recent years to explore better and broader pathways to biodiversity restoration.
On October 12, during the first phase of the 15th meeting (COP15) of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, envoys from Namibia, Iceland, Norway, Slovenia, Bangladesh, Canada, Argentina and other countries visited the Yunnan Provincial Museum. The picture shows the envoys visiting the site of Shell Hill to restore the scene. China News Service reporter Han Shuainan photographed
Similar to Australia, the South American country of Chile is also on the road to establishing a national park to restore biodiversity. Chile's Minister of environment, Carolina Schmidt, said that Chile has formulated a long-term national strategy for biodiversity and climate change, establishing national parks along the coast and national wetlands on land to restore biodiversity.
The African country of Uganda has placed greater emphasis on the protection of endangered species within its borders and has embarked on the path of judicial restoration of biodiversity. Beatrice Anywar, Minister of State at the Ministry of Environment of Uganda, said Uganda attaches importance to legislation to protect biodiversity and that the government has amended laws related to wildlife conservation. It is worth mentioning that Uganda has laws and regulations specifically for the protection of species such as gorillas, elephants, giraffes and other species, and they have been implemented.
While most countries around the world were trying to restore biodiversity in various ways and means, delegates recognized that the vast majority of the 20 global targets for the conservation of species and ecosystems that had been set to be achieved by 2020 had not been met. They agreed that COP15 was a critical juncture and that more needed to be done over the next 10 years to halt and reverse biodiversity loss and put biodiversity on the path to recovery by 2030 at the latest. (End)