- Gordon Dumoulin
UN Biodiversity conference kicked off in Yunnan province
๐จ๐ก ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ kicked off in ๐๐๐ป๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฌ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ today. The COP15 or 15th meeting of the UN Biodiversity conference will take place online from October 11-15, followed by a in-person conference from April 25 โ May 8, 2022. The conference was originally scheduled for 2020 but it was delayed due to the COVID19 pandemic.



Despite on-going efforts, biodiversity is deteriorating worldwide and this decline is projected to worsen with business-as-usual scenarios. The UN Biodiversity Conference will convene governments from around the world to agree a new set of goals for nature over the next decade through the Convention on Biological Diversity post 2020 framework process. The framework sets out an ambitious plan to implement broad-based action to bring about a transformation in societyโs relationship with biodiversity and to ensure that, by 2050, the shared vision of living in harmony with nature is fulfilled. Read details about the framework in link in comment.



๐๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ
Opened for signature at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, and entering into force in December 1993, the Convention on Biological Diversity is an international treaty for the conservation of biodiversity, the sustainable use of the components of biodiversity and the equitable sharing of the benefits derived from the use of genetic resources.
With 196 Parties, the Convention has near universal participation. Only the USA and the Holy See have not ratified the treaty.


๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐15 ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ?
Yunnan province accounts for 4% of total Chinaโs land but the province has all types of ecosystems, except ocean and desert, and the number of species of each genus in the province either approaches or exceeds 50% of Chinaโs total. Yunnan is sometimes labeled as โthe Kingdom of Animals and Plantsโ.

Yunnan has actively carried out afforestation and environmental protection in recent decades. By December 2020, there were 362 nature reserves in Yunnan, accounting for 14 percent of the provincial territory.
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Source pictures: Wild Wonders of China, Globaltimes