"Kunming Declaration": Build consensus and explore the path

"Kunming Declaration": Build consensus and explore the path

"Kunming Declaration": A path to build consensus to explore "Kunming Declaration": A path to build consensus to explore

Xinhua News Agency, Kunming, October 13th, title: "Kunming Declaration": Build consensus and explore the path

Xinhua News Agency reporters Xie Xiyao, Gao Jing, Hu Lu

On the afternoon of the 13th, the high-level meeting of the 2020 United Nations Conference on Biodiversity (Phase I) closed in Kunming, Yunnan, and the "Kunming Declaration" was formally adopted at the meeting
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The declaration promises to ensure the development, adoption and implementation of an effective "Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework" to reverse the current trend of biodiversity loss and ensure that biodiversity is on the path of recovery by 2030, and then comprehensive Realize the 2050 vision of harmonious coexistence between man and nature
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The declaration also made commitments to strengthen and establish an effective protected area system, actively improve the global environmental legal framework, and increase the funding, technology and capacity building support needed to implement the "Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework" for developing countries
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The "Kunming Declaration" is the main outcome of this conference
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Huang Runqiu, Chairman of COP15 and Minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, said that the "Kunming Declaration" is a political declaration whose main purpose is to reflect the political will of all parties

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At the press conference held that evening, Zhao Yingmin, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, introduced that the "Kunming Declaration" was initially proposed by the Chinese side and passed collectively at a high-level meeting
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In an open, transparent, and tolerant attitude, all countries have actively contributed their wisdom and put forward many constructive opinions and suggestions.

Gao Jixi, director of the Satellite Environment Application Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, said that the "Kunming Declaration" was formulated in the context of a global governance system for biodiversity conservation in the next 10 years.
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In China Kexue Yuan South China Botanical Garden, the main Renren Hai opinion, the conservation of biological diversity has economic, scientific, political, environmental protection multiple attributes, as politicians, the public, scientists consensus on all parties to protect and develop relations is not enough, and different regions of the world The unbalanced development between countries and countries has made it difficult for people to achieve consistency in their perceptions and actions on biodiversity conservation
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Many participants commented that the declaration embodies the consensus of all parties, fully demonstrating the concept of solidarity, unity, coexistence and common prosperity of all countries
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Especially under the influence of the current new crown pneumonia epidemic, the international community is faced with many uncertain factors, and it is even more necessary for the international community to gather consensus, wisdom and strength to promote the protection of global biodiversity and build a community of life on earth

"The declaration is a good medicine to solve our past problems, and it is also a guide to action in the future
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" Ren Hai said, "the declaration will have a profound and positive impact on the future sustainable development of the world

Gao Jixi said that the declaration frankly puts forward the status quo of biodiversity loss, indicating that human beings' efforts in the past have not met expectations.

Elizabeth Murema, Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, said that the declaration points us in the right direction, but more importantly, we have to implement them and make real changes in order to create what we all like.