(Biodiversity Conference) COP15 puts on the "sudden brake" on species extinction

　　China News Service, Kunming, October 13th (Reporter Zhang Dan Chen Su) On the 13th, the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) was being held in Kunming, China. More than 140 national political parties attended both online and offline meetings. It is necessary and experts to reach a consensus that it is urgent to reverse the loss of biodiversity.

　　United Nations Secretary-General Guterres stated at the COP15 Leadership Summit that in the past two centuries, human burning of fossil fuels, ocean pollution, degraded land and other nature-destroying activities have led to biosphere disasters, and humans are facing apocalyptic species extinction. , Its speed is thousands of times faster than the average of 10 million years.

　　According to the Red List of Endangered Species updated on September 4 this year by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), among the 138,374 assessed species, 38,543 are threatened with extinction.

On October 11, the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity opened in Kunming, Yunnan.

The picture shows Elizabeth Murema, Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, delivering a speech at the opening ceremony.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Cui Nan

　　"This reminds us that human health, climate change and biodiversity are closely intertwined." Elizabeth Murema, Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, said that global biodiversity conservation in the past decade has not been satisfactory.

　　In 2010, the Tenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity established 20 "Aichi Targets", but none of them were fully realized, and only 6 were partially realized.

　　Therefore, the international community expects that COP15 will be able to formulate a strong "post-2020 global biodiversity framework" and draw a blueprint for the protection of global biodiversity in the next ten years and beyond.

At the COP15 summit, the leaders of many countries stated that they are using the highest political impetus and the greatest political determination to build consensus, strengthen cooperation, and reverse the loss of biodiversity.

On October 13, China's Minister of Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu announced the adoption of the "Kunming Declaration" at the meeting.

Photo by Liu Ranyang

　　The Kunming Declaration adopted on the 13th promised to accelerate and strengthen the formulation and update of national biodiversity conservation strategies and action plans; optimize and establish an effective protected area system; actively improve the global environmental legal framework; Funding, technology and capacity building support required by the Global Biodiversity Framework after the year; further strengthen cooperation and coordination with existing multilateral environmental agreements such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to promote terrestrial, freshwater and marine biodiversity Sexual protection and restoration.

　　The Kunming Declaration ensures the formulation, adoption and implementation of an effective “Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework” to reverse the current biodiversity loss.

And to ensure that biodiversity is on the path of restoration by 2030 at the latest, so as to fully realize the 2050 vision of "harmonious coexistence between man and nature".

　　In this regard, Wang Yi, deputy dean of the Institute of Science and Technology Strategy Consulting of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, suggested that the formulation of the “Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework” should be both ambitious and pragmatic, learn from the experience of the Paris Agreement, and have clear and quantifiable goals. .

"For example, in response to climate change, under the overall target of 1.5°C, the independent contributions of countries are stipulated in order to better strengthen the compliance mechanism and financing."

The picture shows Long Di, chief representative of the Cleins European Environmental Protection Association (UK) Beijing Representative Office, being interviewed by a reporter from China News Agency.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Su

　　“It’s gratifying that the government and the public attach more importance to biodiversity than ever before.” said Dimitri de Boer, chief representative of the China Office of the European Environmental Protection Association of Clynes. In addition to the government and academia, The next step is to attract financial institutions, enterprises, citizens and other entities to become important participants in biodiversity conservation.

At the same time, a stronger implementation mechanism, including a traceability mechanism, a review mechanism, and funding support, will be established to continuously revise and better implement the goals.

　　The host country of this conference, China, is not only one of the countries with the richest biodiversity in the world, but also one of the few countries in the world that has achieved the "Aichi Goals" well.

This also makes the international community full of expectations for the Chinese plan.

　　At the COP15 summit, China announced that it would take the lead in investing 1.5 billion yuan to establish the Kunming Biodiversity Fund to support biodiversity conservation in developing countries.

The first batch of national parks including Sanjiangyuan, Giant Pandas, Siberian Tigers and Leopards, Hainan Tropical Rainforest, and Wuyi Mountain were formally established, covering an area of ​​230,000 square kilometers, covering nearly 30% of the land area of ​​national key protected wildlife species.

　　Many experts believe that the Chinese plan has contributed wisdom to biodiversity conservation.

Long Di said that China has adopted a world-class method to delineate the ecological protection red line, combined with biodiversity value assessment, ecosystem service value and disaster risk prevention value, and finally delineated the ecological environment in all ranges from remote areas to densely populated areas. Protecting the red line is worth learning from other countries.

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