January 10-11,
Global Coastal Forum
Held in Yancheng, Jiangsu, China.
The Global Coastal Forum has built
coastal wetlands,
migratory birds, climate change,
Biodiversity and other international exchange and cooperation platforms.
Colorful Yellow Sea Wetland.
Photo by Sun Huajin
International Convention on Wetlands,
Convention on Biological Diversity,
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals,
IUCN,
The four major international organizations passed relevant resolutions,
Call for multi-stakeholder
Participated in the Global Coastal Forum,
to promote global coastal areas
Conservation management and sustainable development.
Why did the Global Coastal Forum choose Yancheng?
"Crane and Deer" vote with their feet to tell you...
Yancheng is named after salt and prospered by salt.
Red-crowned cranes show their graceful posture on the Yellow Beach.
Photo by Sun Huajin
Choose Yancheng,
This is in line with Yancheng's rich wetland resources,
and significant wetlands,
and the protection of animals and plants are inseparable.
Aerial photography of Yancheng Yellow Beach Wetland.
Photo by Sun Huajin
In 2019,
At the 43rd World Heritage Conference,
China Yellow (Bo) Sea Migratory Bird Habitat (Phase I),
inscribed on the World Heritage List,
It has become China's first coastal wetland world natural heritage site.
Yellow Beach, Dongsha Charm.
Photo by Sun Huajin
There are no mountains in this city, but a net of water,
Known as the "city of a hundred rivers".
In Yancheng, man and nature coexist in harmony.
Photo by Shan Zhonghua
Yancheng
As the home of red-crowned cranes and the hometown of elk,
Elk, elk,
Two national nature reserves for red-crowned cranes,
reputed to be
"The Wetland Capital of the East, the World of Cranes and Deer".
Yancheng tidal flat wetlands have beautiful scenery.
Photo by Sun Huajin
good ecology,
Has become Yancheng
The most distinctive city business card and IP.
Now in Yancheng,
"Sea, forest, beach, bird" complement each other,
A poetic picture of the harmonious coexistence of man and nature,
attracted the admiration of the world.
The China Yellow (Bo) Sea Migratory Bird Habitat (Phase I) located in Yancheng is the first coastal wetland world natural heritage site in China.
Photo by Sun Huajin
Yancheng's green "home",
It has become the ecological "focus" of the world,
The unique beauty of wetlands,
Is going to the world with a beautiful appearance.
The cute bird with its own "rice spoon" sprouts out of the circle
As a new Internet celebrity in the Yellow Sea Wetland,
There are only more than 600 Spoon-billed Sandpipers in the world.
is a critically endangered migratory bird,
and red-crowned cranes and elk,
It is also called the "Three Treasures of Auspiciousness".
Every August, September and October,
"Little Spoon"
Will travel long distances to Yancheng.
Why does "Little Spoon" favor Yancheng?
In Yancheng, man and nature coexist in harmony.
Photo by Shan Zhonghua
Yancheng owns
The west coast of the Pacific Ocean, the largest on the edge of the Asian continent,
The best-preserved 6.83 million acres of coastal wetlands,
There are 200,000 to 300,000 wintering migratory birds every year,
perched here,
East Asia-Australasian migratory bird migration route,
There are more than 3 million migratory shorebirds,
Here the migration stops,
32 species of birds are listed,
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Aerial photography of Yancheng Yellow Beach Wetland.
Photo by Sun Huajin
Among these migratory birds,
There are global wild migratory populations,
There are only more than 1,000 red-crowned cranes,
There are only more than 600 of them,
Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper,
There are black-faced spoonbills, oriental white storks,
Globally endangered species such as the little green-footed sandpiper and the great shore sandpiper...
Aerial photography of Yancheng Yellow Beach Wetland.
Photo by Sun Huajin
Yancheng, naturally, it became,
migratory birds are on their way,
Important "tarmac" and "gas station".
A scene of the Yellow Sea Wetland in Yancheng.
Photo by Shan Zhonghua
2021,
in the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
At the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties,
Yancheng
"To restore bird habitat
Natural Solutions for Target"
selected
"Biodiversity 100+ Global Special Recommended Cases",
And at the Ecological Civilization Forum,
Won the title of "National Ecological Civilization Construction Demonstration City".
Picture Yancheng Dafeng Elk National Nature Reserve Wild Area.
Photo by He Jinghua
In the post-inscription era,
Yancheng is actively expanding,
Practical measures for the transformation path of "Two Mountains" theory,
Then let the "heat" continue to heat up,
Eventually transformed into China's new development concept,
The right to speak in international communication.
Yancheng Dafeng Elk National Nature Reserve wild area.
Photo by Sun Huajin
2021,
Yancheng wrote NbS into the report of the city's party congress,
clearly stated,
To "implement nature-based solutions (NbS),
Effectively strengthen the coordinated management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes and grasses”.
The China Yellow (Bo) Sea Migratory Bird Habitat (Phase I) located in Yancheng is the first coastal wetland world natural heritage site in China.
Photo by Sun Huajin
The "NbS" scheme builds fusion,
"Nature - Popular Science - Ecology"
The Yellow Sea Wetland as a whole,
In order to create scientific protection of coastal wetlands,
Rational Utilization and Sustainable Development
Provide best practice examples.
Elk, once extinct from China, are growing on the coast of Yancheng.
Photo by Chen Guoyuan
"Tiaozimu 720",
It is a vivid annotation of the "NbS" scheme.
After the 720 mu "homeland" was built,
There are 22 new species of birds that come to live here,
up to 410 species,
Among them, there are 21 species of national first-level key protected animals.
There are 71 species of national second-level key protected animals.
All the birds gather together to "Dancing and Playing Beautiful Shadows".
Photo by Sun Huajin
loss of natural wetlands around the world,
and against the backdrop of increasing degradation,
The population of migratory birds in the Yellow Sea Wetland of Yancheng
Not falling but rising.
The global ecological protection "circle of friends" is growing
Yancheng Yellow Sea Wetland,
Just like a life community of man and nature,
Consists of thousands of migratory birds and humans,
Also let migratory birds migrate along the route
22 countries and regions come together.
Birds gather on the Yellow Beach.
Photo by Sun Huajin
The charm of world natural heritage sites,
across borders and oceans,
Bringing together global power and resources.
About half of the only 2,000 red-crowned cranes in the world come to Yancheng Rare Bird Reserve for winter every year.
Photo by Chen Guoyuan
Since 2017,
Yancheng has held for four consecutive years,
Yihuang (Bo) Coastal Wetland
international conference on the theme of
Build global coastal wetlands,
An international platform in the field of migratory bird protection.
Yellow Sea Wetland, Red Beach Heron Dance.
Photo by Sun Huajin
This time, the Global Coastal Forum,
International dissemination can be enhanced,
Expand the international circle of friends in the ecological field,
Expand ecological diplomacy space,
Improve China's influence in the field of global ecological protection.
Dancing red-crowned cranes.
Photo courtesy of Yancheng Culture and Tourism Bureau
During the forum,
will be signed by UNESCO,
"World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism"
The second phase of the China Pilot Project Cooperation Agreement.
The signing of the agreement will further clarify,
The protection management and development direction of Yancheng in the post-inscription era,
Promote the orderly integration of world heritage and economic development,
Vigorously promote the sustainable development of World Heritage.
Elk National Nature Reserve.
Photo courtesy of Yancheng Culture and Tourism Bureau
(NbS) Asia Center was established,
will effectively promote,
Ecological civilization construction and sustainable development,
Promote ecological protection and green development in Asia and the world.
The birds and the ocean meet,
Winter rhyme blends with wetlands...
meet tiaozimu,
Step on the beach, watch the sunrise, watch rare birds,
Heart is worse than action,
Yancheng, waiting for you!
Author: Xu Shanshan