Join CBCGDF in the International Biodiversity Summit, to Promote a shared future of all Life on Earth

This year, the International Day for Biological Diversity comes with the theme of “Building a shared future for all life”, which is in line with the current context of the United Nations Decade for Ecosystem Restoration, which emphasizes biodiversity as the key to sustainable development challenges. Biodiversity is the foundation upon which we can rebuild a better home, involving an ecosystem-based climate approach and/or nature-based solutions for climate, health issues, food security, water security, and sustainable livelihoods.

In response to the call of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and to promote the building of a shared community of all life on Earth, China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF) hosts the “International Biodiversity Summit: For Nairobi and Kunming” from May 22-23.

This conference will be an important prelude to the second phase of the 4th Nairobi Work Session and the 15th Conference of the Parties (CBD COP15) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and will discuss hot topics in the run-up to CBD COP15 in four panels: Digital Sequence Information (DSI) and genetic biodiversity; agriculture, soils and biodiversity; wetland biodiversity, and Illegal Wildlife Trade.

Here comes the details of the session on May 23.

Theme: For Nairobi and Kunming – International Biodiversity Summit

Session 3

20:00-21:00 Agriculture and Soil Biodiversity

20:00~20:15

Liu Yan

Professor, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences

The process of atmospheric CO2 uptake by Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (constructed) wetlands and key regions and mechanisms of global carbon sinks to achieve global carbon neutrality at very low cost in the near future

20:15~20:30

Mo Xinchun

Associate Professor, College of Applied Technology, Lijiang Normal College

Correlations between culturable endophytes and Paris polyphylla and endophytic promotion mechanism on the quality of the host plants

20:30~20:45

Dr. Rocco Fiato

CEO and Managing Director of BioAccelergy Ventures

Microbial BioFertilizer for Enhanced Crop Yield with Reduced Carbon Footprint

20:45~21:00

Roundtable discussion

Session 4

21:00-22:00 Wetland and Ecological Restoration

21:00-21:10

Gerard Burgermeister

Former diplomat of the Swiss Embassy in Beijing, now designer, builder and manager of the Restoration Project of Yourantai Tropical Rainforest in Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna.

Yunnan Province Ecological Restoration of Tropical Rainforest in Xishuangbanna

21:10-21:35

James Crabbe

Professor, Wolfson College, University of Oxford, President of the International Engineering and Technology Institute (IETI)

nvironmental Impacts of Deep Sea Mining

21:35-21:50

Zhang Yan

Associate Professor, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Wetland Protection from a Legal Perspective

21:50~22:00

Roundtable Discussion

Special Guest: Li Zhenwen, Wetland and Neighborhood Biodiversity Conservation Specialist, Devoted Volunteer.