The award ceremony of the second batch of “International Wetland Cities” was held on the 10th at the Geneva headquarters of the 14th Conference of the Parties to the Ramsar Convention. The Ramsar Convention Secretariat issued certification certificates to 25 new “International Wet Cities” from 13 countries, including Hefei in Anhui, Jining in Shandong, Liangping in Chongqing, Nanchang in Jiangxi, Panjin in Liaoning, Wuhan in Hubei and Yancheng in Jiangsu7 Chinese cities.
Wetlands, known as the “kidneys of the earth”, are important ecosystems that have various ecological functions such as water conservation, water purification, climate regulation and biodiversity maintenance, and are closely related to the production and to people’s lives.
There are 43 “international wet cities” in the world, of which 13 are in China, which ranks first in the world. In 2018, at the 13th Conference of the Parties to the Wetland Convention, six Chinese cities, including Harbin in Heilongjiang, Haikou in Hainan, Yinchuan in Ningxia, Changde in Hunan, Changshu in Jiangsu and Dongying in Shandong, were certified as the first batch of “International Wetland Cities” in the world.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of China’s accession to the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, especially as a habitat for waterbirds. The head of the State Forest and Grassland Administration said that my country has worked hard in the past 30 years to put the concept of sustainable development and ecological civilization into practice, and has vigorously promoted the protection and restoration of wetlands . With 4% of the world’s wetlands, China meets the needs of one-fifth of the world’s population for wetland production, life, ecology and culture, and has made important contributions to the protection and rational use of global wetlands.
According to the results of the Third National Land Survey and the 2020 National Soil Change Survey, the national wetland is about 56.35 million hectares. At present, China’s wetland protection and management system has been initially established: a total of 64 internationally important wetlands, 29 nationally important wetlands have been designated, and 901 national wetland parks have been established .
Not long ago, China issued the “National Wetland Protection Plan (2022-2030)”, which proposed that by 2025, the national wetland reserve is generally stable, the wetland protection rate reaches 55% and 20 new wetlands of international importance and 50 wetlands of national importance will be added. By 2030, a new high-quality development model of wetland protection will be initially established, ecosystem functions and biodiversity will be greatly improved, and the level of the rule of law will continue to improve, making China an important participant, contributor and leader in global wetland protection and restoration.
Reporter: Yu Guoqing Fang Yadong Pan Zhiwei Wan Peng Qi Hou Wenkun Chen Xiao Zhao Yuchao Wu You Guo Chen Zhao Pengcheng Feng Yuanyuan Li Xiaobo Wang Yuhong Zhang Yang Li Aibin Ye Guosong Sun Sasha Zhao Yonglin Kai Chen Si Peng Jing Zhouxuan
Curators: Wu Yuzhan, Yang Zhixiang, Li Ziwei, Luo Hui
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