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| Interview: Biodiversity supports the natural systems that humans rely on-Interview with David Yates, Director of Australia’s National Insect Collection |
Xinhua News Agency, Canberra, October 12th.
Interview: Biodiversity supports the natural systems that humans rely on-Interview with David Yates, Director of Australia’s National Insect Collection
Xinhua News Agency reporter Yue Dongxing Bai Xu
David Yates, director of Australia’s National Insect Collection, said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency that he is looking forward to the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity in Kunming, China, because of biodiversity.
Sex supports the natural system that humans rely on for survival, but its importance is often overlooked.
The world should use this meeting as an opportunity to continue its efforts to protect biodiversity
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The collection in Canberra is an institution of the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization and has more than 12 million specimens
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Yates said that the importance of biodiversity is that it supports the natural systems of human life
For example, he said, producing more oxygen for the atmosphere, reducing water pollution in rivers, pollinating plants, maintaining and improving soil health, etc.
These are all kinds of things that biodiversity does for mankind, and socio-economic development also depends on this.
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Yates expects COP15 parties to focus on the following aspects: make more land and ocean protected areas to maintain biodiversity, reduce the impact of invasive species, manage as much carbon dioxide and other pollutants as possible into the atmosphere, and reduce the world The use of single-use plastics, as well as reducing the emissions of chemicals and pesticides
.
"Measures in these areas will not only help biodiversity, but will certainly help mankind in the long run,
Yates positively commented on China's biodiversity conservation
.
He said that in the past few decades, China has lifted a large number of people out of poverty, and at the same time has made amazing efforts to protect biodiversity
“Because when protecting animals like Tibetan antelope and elephants, it means to reserve a very large area for them,” he said, “I think many other countries can successfully improve people’s living standards and protect biodiversity from China.
Sexual efforts have learned a lot
Yates said that China is still working hard to manage carbon emissions, playing a role model globally, and promoting the world's green and low-carbon development
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Yates said that people are now increasingly aware of the great value of biodiversity, such as being very useful in reducing waste
.
He learned that there are many companies that are working on using insects to break down waste, rather than just putting it in landfills
