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The construction of islands should seek the balance multiple Sustainable Development Goals on the premise of conservation the natural environment, and focus on the synergy between green development and biodiversity conservation. This means reducing the negative impact of development activities on ecosystems and actively considering the protection and restoration of biodiversity during the construction process. By comprehensively considering these factors, we can achieve a positive interaction between island construction and ecological conservation, laying a solid foundation for sustainable human development and healthy coexistence of the natural environment. Credit: Canva On June 27, 2023, Dr. Zhou Jinfeng, the Secretary General of China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF), shared his views on island construction at a virtual meeting. He emphasized that even in the construction and renovation process of zero carbon islands, the factor of bio...

On June 15, 2023, the International Department of China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF) and Women in Environment (WE) of Nepal held an online meeting on cooperation and exchange confirmed. Both of them agreed to establish a cooperative partnership on exploring and promoting international ecological civilization construction and biodiversity conservation in the fields of scientific research, practical communication, capacity building, science popularization and education. Credit: the International Department of CBCGDF On June 28, 2023, CBCGDF and Women in Environment officially signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation. Both parties have agreed to engage in exchanges and cooperation in biodiversity, environmental protection, and women's empowerment. While the people from both China and Nepal are committed to conserve the ecological environment and natural habitats, and to promote sustainable development, both sides ...

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Investment and Technology Promotion Office of Beijing (UNIDO ITPO Beijing), China Social Enterprise and Influence Investment Forum (CSEIF), Beijing Jieteng Cultural Media Co., Ltd. and China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF) co-sponsored “ESG and High-Quality Development Seminar and 2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years Reading Conference”, was held successfully in Beijing on June 28. Over 6900 audience watched online. The Seminar and reading conference focused on the book 2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years as well as the topic “ESG and Quality Development”. William Xiao, Deputy Secretary-General of CBCGDF, was invited to attend the event and give a keynote speech. Prof. Jorgen Randers delivered a video address on “2052 Book”. “2052” is written by Jorgen Randers, a world-renowned scholar of climate strategy. The book was completed in 2012, 11 y...

On June 27, 2023, the expert forum organized by the “Belt and Road” International Major Cross-border Animal Disease Diagnosis and Immunization Innovation Institute was held in the lecture hall on the second floor of Jinling Research Institute, Nanjing Agricultural University, to introduce China’s current major cross-border animal disease and the important challenges of One Health, exchange cross-border animal disease prevention and control and the One Health challenges and needs of “Belt and Road” countries and international organizations, and discuss new ways to accelerate the work of major international cross-border Dong disease professional innovation Institute. ZENG Zheng, deputy Secretary-General of the One Health Working Committee of China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF), delivered a report on the “Regional Prevention and Control Practice of Brucellosis in Chongqing Based on One Health” at the meeting, and analyzed in detail ...

  In order to understand the development of biodiversity conservation education in primary and secondary schools, Dr. Zhou Jinfeng, Secretary-General of China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF), visited a Wenxiu School in Youjiang District, Baise City to conduct research on June 27, 2023. Mr. Zhang Hong, the principal of Baidong No. 1 Primary School, introduced the development history of the school and the implementation of quality education to Dr. Zhou Jinfeng, and led the  delegation to visit the school's library and playground. Dr. Zhou made suggestions on the greening work of the campus and said: “I hope that the school will not use garden-style greening, but give full play to the hands-on ability of students, encourage students to participate in person, cultivate students' interest in nature, and let students know the beauty of biodiversity. Let primary and middle school students pay attention to and understand the knowledge of biodiversit...

On June 28th, 2023, the summer internship project of the International Department of China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF) and Globalisation and Development (GAD) Programme, United International College of Beijing Normal University & Hong Kong Baptist University (UIC) was officially launched. The summer internship project is based on GAD-CBCGDF Sustainability Leadership Platform, which was jointly launched by the GAD Programme of UIC and CBCGDF with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in May, 2021. With the purpose of “cultivating outstanding young talents”, CBCGDF provides a variety of opportunities for participating international activities, and promotes young people’s active participation in international decision-making, enriching their experiences in biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. Before the official launch of the summer internship project in 2023, the heads of both parties had held several pre...

Hosted by China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF) and supported by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Youth Charity Art Exhibition with the theme of “Empowering with Love, Drawing Hope Together” will be officially launched at World Design Capital in Beijing on July 1-2, 2023. On the morning of July 1st, Dr. Zhou Jinfeng, Secretary General of CBCGDF, will attend the event and deliver a speech at the opening ceremony. This exhibition will bring together works created by hundreds of children and teenagers aged 4-14 from 75 schools and institutions in 25 cities across the country. In the three exhibition areas, including children’s painting, digital production and refugees’ handicraft, over 600 works will reflect the environmental awareness advocated by UNHCR to pay attention to green energy among children and young people. There will also be a runway show about their creative ideas on environmental protection performed by ...

Qinhuangdao Fangyuan Packaging Glass Co., Ltd. (Fangyuan Company) was mainly engaged in the production of various glass packaging bottles, with four glass kilns. In the production process, the Environmental Protection Bureau of Haigang District, Qinhuangdao City had repeatedly imposed administrative penalties for its excessive pollution discharge. In 2016, the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF) filed an environmental public interest lawsuit against Fangyuan Company, which accelerated the process of denitration, desulfurization and dust removal transformation. On June 15, 2016, Fangyuan Company passed the environmental protection acceptance by the Environmental Protection Bureau of Haigang District. On July 22, 2016, CBCGDF organized a group of experts to conduct an inspection of the operation status of the denitrification, desulfurization, and dust removal equipment of Fangyuan Company, and put forward relevant suggestions. On June 17, 20...

On June 28, 2023, Dr. Zhou Jinfeng, Secretary-General of the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF), led a team to visit the Bangliang Gibbon National Nature Reserve in Guangxi for on-site biodiversity research. Within the Bangliang National Nature Reserve in Guangxi, Dr. Zhou and local staff of the protected area examined the natural habitats where the Cao Vit gibbons (Nomascus nasutus) resides, studied the population changes of the gibbon species, and learned the joint conservation efforts between China and Vietnam. Located in Jingxi City, Baise, Guangxi, the Bangliang Gibbon National Nature Reserve covers a total area of 6,530 hectares with a forest coverage rate of over 90%. The reserve is adjacent to the Chongqing Cao Vit Gibbon Protection Area in the northern part of Vietnam, and it is a typical karst landform area. The main focus of the reserve's conservation efforts is the Cao Vit gibbons and the tropical seasonal rainforest e...

  Human-wildlife conflict has long been a challenging issue faced in many regions, particularly in areas rich in biodiversity like Guangxi in southwestern China, known as one of the global biodiversity hotspots. On June 28, 2023, Dr. Jinfeng Zhou, Secretary-General of China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF), conducted field biodiversity research in Longyi Village, Du'an Township, Debao County, Guangxi. His primary focus was to investigate the prevalent issue of human-monkey conflict. During the field research, Dr. Zhou interviewed local villagers to understand the impact of monkeys descending from the mountains on various crops and the existing challenges they face.   According to the farmers, the issue caused by monkeys goes beyond just damaging corn crops; their primary concern lies in the destruction of overall vegetation. Sometimes, monkeys uproot even the young corn seedlings from the ground. Farmers expressed their frustrations, de...

On June 27th, 2023, Dr. Zhou Jinfeng, Secretary General of China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF) visited Baidong No.1 Primary School in Youjiang District, Baise City, which is a Wenxiu School. Huang Wenxiu, an outstanding model of the times, had served as the first residential village secretary in the city of Baise, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. In order to carry forward and inherit her heroic deeds, Baise City has named a number of schools with the title of “Wenxiu School”. The school teacher introduced the heroic deeds of Huang Wenxiu to Dr. Zhou and how the teachers and students of the school thoroughly studied her spirit and turned the inspiration from a role model into the motivation for work and study. Dr. Zhou was deeply moved by her devotion and sense of responsibility. He said that he would donate the Cosmicrew series, a children’s picture book series of which he is one of the authors, to Baidong No.1 Primary School. He ...

Recently, it is reported that a wall has been built next to National Highway 214 near the Jinshajiang Dawan Viewing Platform in Meili Snow Mountain National Park, Deqin County, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, and tourists need to buy tickets to enjoy the scenery. A staff of the Deqin County Culture and Tourism Bureau said that the wall was built to support local villagers, and the profits from the scenic spot would be returned to the villagers, while the scenic spot also provides local jobs. First, who are national parks supposed to serve? Nature is the common heritage of the people and should not become private property. The original intention of the national park system is to promote the construction of the natural protected area system with national parks as the main body, and its core element is “public welfare”. However, the walls built along the national highway are contrary to this intention. The purpose of national parks is to protect the nat...

Since June 2011, Yunnan Zechang Titanium Industry Co., Ltd. has started dumping its dangerous waste residue containing Iron(II) sulfate into Qinggou River, Dabai Village & Zhangwan Village, Fumin County, Kunming City. Without going through any formalities, it has illegally occupied farmland and forest land as industrial waste residue storage yard, and no relevant protective measures have been taken for the storage yard. From 2013 to 2017, the Kunming Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau has imposed administrative penalties on Zechang Titanium Industry Co., Ltd but it refused to rectify and improve. In December 2017, the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF) filed a public interest lawsuit with the Kunming Intermediate People's Court. After the first instance judgment, CBCGDF appealed. In January 2020, the Yunnan High People’s Court made a judgment to uphold the original judgment. In April 2020, CBCGDF submitted a retrial application ...

On June 21, 2023, the National Standardization Technical Committee of Quality Management in E-commerce (TC563) held a meeting to solicit opinions on the "Quality Management Standards for E-commerce Live Sales". Mr. Ma Yong, Deputy Secretary General of the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF), representing TC563 member and Dr. Zhou Jinfeng, Secretary General of CBCGDF attended the meeting and proposed 10 suggestions on the scope of application, behavioral norms, organizational management, language norms, and product information, etc. Recently, the Standards Committee of CBCGDF received feedback from the TC563 Secretariat informing that all 10 suggestions had been adopted. According to the “2022 Live E-commerce White Paper”, the number of e-commerce live streaming users in China in 2022 was 469 million, accounting for 44.6% of the total number of netizens. With the rapid development of live streaming e-commerce, many problems ha...

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