Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 8 - Interview: China is the world's biodiversity conservation strong supporters and contributors - Interview with the Executive Secretary of the United Nations' Convention on Biological Diversity "Elizabeth Mulei Ma
Interview: China is a strong supporter and contributor to global biodiversity conservation-Interview with Elizabeth Murema, Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity Xinhua News Agency reporter Peng Qian, Shang Yang and Wang Xue
The 15th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations "Convention on Biological Diversity" (COP15) will kick off on the 11th in Kunming, Spring City
Muremma pointed out that due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, COP15 was postponed twice, and it was finally determined to be held in two phases in October this year and next year.
Chairman Murema looks forward to the release of the "Kunming Declaration: Towards an Ecological Civilization and Jointly Build a Community of Life on Earth" at the high-level meeting of the first phase of the meeting
Muremma took the initiative to talk about the understanding of ecological civilization: "This is an interesting concept because it focuses on the relationship between society and nature, rather than separating the two
She said that the implementation of ecological protection projects to promote the effective restoration and protection of the ecosystem, and to strengthen the exchange and cooperation of biodiversity are all vital to the construction of ecological civilization, and these aspects also constitute part of the goal of ecological civilization
Muremma believes that China has always been a strong supporter and contributor to the global biodiversity agenda
Muremma also highly appreciates China's biodiversity conservation and restoration work in the past few decades, and believes that this has set a model for future work, especially the 10-year ecosystem restoration process being carried out by the United Nations, and it is worthy of other countries to follow suit
Speaking of the challenges facing the protection of global biodiversity, Muremma said that the new crown epidemic has affected our health and also brought major challenges to biodiversity.
"How can we achieve our goals? This requires effective protection of more land and oceans, ensuring sustainable consumption and production, ensuring that all actors are involved in protecting nature, and strengthening all governments and all stakeholders including the private sector.
At the end of the interview, the reporter asked her what animals and plants she would like to see in Yunnan at the "World Garden".
Muremma said that Yunnan has more than 18,000 species of plants and more than 1,800 species of vertebrates, representing about half of China’s animal and plant species.
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