At the 2023 Global Coastal Forum that is going on in Yancheng city, representatives from government departments and United Nations agencies shared advanced concepts and vivid practices to promote green and low-carbon development in coastal areas and promote harmonious coexistence between humans and nature by focusing on "green and low-carbon development and shared ecological coastal areas".
On Tuesday afternoon, multiple achievements such as the "Yancheng Consensus" and the international case set of coastal ecological disaster reduction synergy were released with a view to contributing more wisdom and strength to jointly build a clean and beautiful world.
This forum focuses on the issues of coastal ecosystem protection and restoration, as well as the protection of migratory species by organizing more than 10 special seminars through dialogue and case sharing to analyze the key and difficult issues faced by ecological protection and sustainable development in coastal areas.
The forum issued a resounding "Chinese voice" for ecological civilization and shared the "China plan" for ecological environment governance.
The forum also released the province’s nine "most beautiful ecological protection and restoration cases", including the "The World Heritage List - China Yellow Sea or Bohai Sea Migratory Bird Habitat Tiaozini Wetland Ecological Protection and Restoration", to show the world the positive results of Jiangsu's protection and restoration of the ecosystem.
“Jiangsu has been very successful in protecting and conserving coastal areas by collecting a lot of basic data and exploring scientific methods. The most impressive one is the Tiaozini Wetland Project. We also hope to recommend this method to our ASEAN countries”, Theresa Mundita S. Lim, Director of the ASEAN Biodiversity Center, said.
“Jiangsu has promoted green and low-carbon development and ecological protection in the province through a series of innovative measures such as issuing various implementation plans so as to have increased innovation practices and policy guarantees, and achieved harmonious coexistence between humans and nature. This is highly commendable and worth learning from”, Dimitri De Boer, Asia Director of the European Environmental Protection Association, said.
During the forum, a group of practical and effective initiatives were released, a group of framework agreements were signed, a group of protection stories and achievements were shared, and a group of research topics were solicited.
The "Yancheng Consensus" was released to clarify the importance of protecting coastal ecosystems, coastal resources, and migratory birds. Efforts will be made to establish cross-regional exchange and cooperation mechanisms, prioritize the implementation of international and multilateral processes such as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, and coordinate actions to build a strong synergy in promoting green, low-carbon, and high-quality development in coastal areas.
“Protecting the ecological environment requires the joint efforts of each country and all relevant stakeholders. Through in-depth exploration and strengthened cooperation, I firmly believe that this will find more answers and solutions for the sustainable development of the coastal region”, Srey Sunlean, Deputy Director of the Department of Nature Conservation and Conservation, Ministry of Environment, Cambodia, said.
