On January 10, the World Coastal Forum (WCF) kicked off in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, 中国. The Forum was co-sponsored by the Ministry of Natural 资源 (MNR) of 中国 and Jiangsu Provincial 人’s Government with the theme “Harmonious Coexistence: To Build a Community of Life for Man and 自然.”
The heads of key international organizations, 包括瞿冬雨, Director-一般 of the 食物 and 农业 Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 玛莎·罗哈斯·乌雷戈, Secretary 一般 of the Ramsar Convention, 和布鲁诺·奥伯利, Director-一般 of the International Union for Conservation of 自然 (IUCN), 在论坛上致辞. They introduced the Forum’s agenda and issues of coastal protection to international communities, emphasizing the promotion of sustainable development by jointly strengthening the global coastal ecological protection.
周Weidong, Director of the World Business Council for Sustainable 发展 (WBCSD) in 中国, attended the International Advisory Meeting of the Forum, where the Initiative on the Establishment of the WCF was adopted. 周文重介绍 2050年正规博彩十大网站:是时候转型了, the bold transformation agenda developed by WBCSD with major global companies that highlights nine transformation pathways covering the areas of business activity that are essential to society, 以及 水务署2022-2027年策略, the focused five-year strategy that has three pillars, 规则, 途径(食物, 能源, 产品 & 材料、运输 & 流动性, 建筑环境, and Health & 幸福)和重新定义价值.
Ministerial officials and representatives of relevant departments in Russia, 英国, 葡萄牙, 韩国, 印尼, 柬埔寨, 秘鲁, 哥伦比亚, Seychelles and other countries made speeches at the International Advisory Meeting. They shared their measures and practices in coastal ecological protection and restoration and called for strengthening coastal ecological protection and rational utilization through international cooperation and adopting pragmatic and effective solutions.
WCF将是一个国际性的, multi-stakeholder platform for accelerating the conservation of coastal ecosystems with a focus on wetlands. It aims to facilitate the provision of nature-based solutions and other ecosystem services, conservation of important biodiversity, 以及 maintenance and restoration of international ecological connectivity, which is vital for coastal wetland-dependent migratory species and supports adaptation to climate change of this endangered global heritage.
To learn more about WBCSD’s work in 中国, please contact 周Weidong.
