From China's plan to global action, wetlands, an important ecosystem, once again ushered in new opportunities for protection and development.
"We must deepen understanding, strengthen cooperation, and jointly promote global action on wetland protection." On November 5, President Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the 14th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Wetlands by video. This proposition conveys the profound meaning of planning and development at the height of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
Throughout the ages, human beings have lived by water, and civilization has been born with water.
Known as the "kidney of the earth", wetlands have an ecological environment in which water and land alternate, and are habitats for a variety of organisms.
Wetlands can purify water quality, provide clean fresh water resources, and have various functions such as flood storage and drought prevention, climate regulation, etc., and are closely related to human production, life and economic development.
General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to wetland protection, and has inspected wetlands many times and made important instructions.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has established a protection system, promulgated the Wetland Protection Law, and accelerated the designation or establishment of a new batch of internationally important wetlands, nationally important wetlands, and national wetland parks. path.
From simple utilization to development in protection, it reflects the unremitting exploration of the relationship between man and nature by the Chinese Communists, and also reflects the solid pace of ecological civilization construction in the new era.
With wetland protection as a link, China and the world are once again closely connected.
At present, the world is still facing common challenges such as coping with climate change and protecting biodiversity, and protecting wetlands is one of the important measures to gradually resolve these problems.
Protecting the important ecosystem of wetlands requires us to cooperate with a global perspective.
"Consolidate the global consensus on cherishing wetlands", "promote the global process of wetland protection", and "enhance the global well-being of wetlands". President Xi Jinping's proposal to jointly promote the global action of wetland protection is precisely to properly handle the relationship between man and nature and jointly protect the earth's homeland. , China's proposition of sharing green development opportunities.
With ideas, there are more actions.
In his speech, President Xi Jinping further proposed a series of practical measures such as incorporating about 11 million hectares of wetlands into the national park system, implementing the national wetland protection plan and major wetland protection projects, and protecting four migratory bird passages through China.
Guarding the wetlands is not only the wetlands, but also our future.
The harmonious coexistence of man and nature is an inevitable requirement of Chinese-style modernization, and it is also the meaning of the new form of human civilization.
President Xi Jinping's solemn declaration towards the world shows that China, a large developing country with a population of more than 1.4 billion, will unswervingly promote sustainable development and contribute to the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
Planning: Tang Weibin, Huo Xiaoguang
Main writers: Hu Lu, Gao Jing, Xiong Qi
Coordination: Zou Wei, Wang Xuan, Shi Yongnan
Vision | Editor: Yang Wenrong, Wang Qiuyun
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