Month: October 2021

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Yellow River Delta now world’s largest breeding ground for oriental storks

October 12, 2021 CEN_com 0

The Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve in Dongying City, east China’s Shandong Province, has become the largest breeding ground for oriental storks around the world, authorities in the province announced at a press conference on Saturday. In 2005, there were only seven oriental storks living in two nests at the reserve, but now there are 105 nests with 306 oriental storks. A total of 1,639 oriental storks have been […]

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Biodiversity Conservation in China: Full Document

October 11, 2021 CEN_com 0

Xi Jinping to deliver COP 15 keynote speech The United Nations (UN) meeting on biodiversity takes place this week in the southwestern Chinese city Kunming. It will be the largest global gathering on the topic in a decade and is expected to provide a global roadmap for conserving and restoring biodiversity and ecosystems for the next 10 years. Chinese President Xi Jinping will on Tuesday (Oct 12) attend via video […]

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Building a Shared Future for All Life on Earth: China in Action- Position Paper of the People’s Republic of China for the United Nations Summit on Biodiversity

October 11, 2021 CEN_com 0

China supports the United Nations in holding the Biodiversity Summit and lauds the UN efforts and contributions in advancing global environmental governance. Against the backdrop of accelerated global biodiversity loss and the impact of COVID-19 on various aspects of the economy and society, it is imperative that all parties work together to address the serious challenges facing global biodiversity.China attaches great importance to biodiversity, adheres to the philosophy of ecological […]

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China issues first white paper on biodiversity – focus on global cooperation

October 11, 2021 CEN_com 0

China on Friday issued the country’s first white paper on biodiversity, detailing how the world’s most biodiverse country has endeavored to protect its ecosystems in pursuit of harmony between humans and nature. The white paper, titled “Biodiversity Conservation in China,” came days ahead of a key United Nations (UN) biodiversity meeting to be held in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming. The move bears great significance as the UN begins […]

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China’s Tibet spends more on ecological protection

October 9, 2021 CEN_com 0

LHASA — Southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region spent 20.23 billion yuan (about 3.1 billion U.S. dollars) on ecological protection from 2016 to 2020, according to the local environmental authority. The amount more than doubled the spending for the previous five-year period, the region’s ecology and environment department said Wednesday in a statement. The funds were mainly used in projects targeting afforestation, wetland protection and restoration, nature reserve construction, natural forest […]

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China the new world biodiversity chair

October 9, 2021 CEN_com 0

China will on Monday launch a crucial biodiversity summit to build political momentum to halt and even reverse the destruction of nature by man. The virtual opening of the COP15 summit will transfer leadership from Egypt, which presided over the last gathering in 2018, to China. As the human population climbs toward 9 billion by mid-century, animals are being crowded out, eaten, snared, poisoned, poached, hawked and hunted out of […]

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China fears nuclear leak after US submarine collision in its waters

October 9, 2021 CEN_com 0

China has expressed its grave concern about the accident involving US submarine USS Connecticut hitting an unknown object in the South China Sea, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said on Friday, urging the US to clarify more details about the accident, its purpose of cruising in the area, and whether it has caused a nuclear leak that has damaged the local marine environment. “the U.S. should clarify in detail […]

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‘Deadly Trio’ (Part 3) – Ocean warming and permanent heatwaves: Global Oceans

October 9, 2021 CEN_com 0

Scientists call it the ‘deadly trio.’ If ocean acidification, oxygen loss, and overheating are not ended soon, a massive die-off of ocean life may be unstoppable. In September 2020, Ian Angus published 3 articles in CLIMATE & CAPITALISM , an eco-socialist / ecological Marxist journal. The articles considered the elements of the deadly trio separately, but stressed the importance of understanding that they are closely related, have the same causes, and frequently […]

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‘Deadly Trio’ (Part 2) – Running low on Oxygen: Global Oceans

October 8, 2021 CEN_com 0

Scientists call it the ‘deadly trio.’ If ocean acidification, oxygen loss, and overheating are not ended soon, a massive die-off of ocean life may be unstoppable. In September 2020, Ian Angus published 3 articles in CLIMATE & CAPITALISM , an eco-socialist / ecological Marxist journal. The articles considered the elements of the deadly trio separately, but stressed the importance of understanding that they are closely related, have the same causes, and […]

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‘Deadly Trio’ (Part 1) – Corrosive Seas: Global oceans

October 8, 2021 CEN_com 0

Scientists call it the ‘deadly trio.’ If ocean acidification, oxygen loss, and overheating are not ended soon, a massive die-off of ocean life may be unstoppable. In September 2020, Ian Angus published 3 articles in CLIMATE & CAPITALISM , an eco-socialist / ecological Marxist journal. The articles considered the elements of the deadly trio separately, but stressed the importance of understanding that they are closely related, have the same causes, and […]