COP15 held several exhibitions to showcase the practices and achievements in biodiversity protection and aims to increase the awareness of environmental protection and biological diversity.
Representatives from governments, non-governmental organizations, research institutions and private sectors worldwide have gathered in China, virtually or in person, to navigate transformative changes in biodiversity conservation.
Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado says discussions carried out recently in China on protecting global biodiversity are crucial for humanity.
Venues of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) will be open to the public free of charge from Oct. 18 to Nov. 7.
Part one of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) closed Friday in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, setting the stage for the adoption of an effective post-2020 global biodiversity framework at the resumption of the meeting in 2022.
Shakeel Ramay, chief executive officer of the Asian Institute of Eco-civilization Research and Development said he was impressed by Xi's speech that emphasizes innovative, coordinated, green and open development for all, noting that the world should learn more from China.
China attaches great importance to guiding ideology, strategic planning and policy implementation of biodiversity conservation, which has seen remarkable achievements, said Inger Andersen, the executive director of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).
The Ecological Civilization Forum of the ongoing 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) kicked off on Thursday in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province.
The eco-civilization concept enjoys a high level of recognition among the general public in China, according to a survey released Thursday at a theme forum during the COP15 conference in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province.
At a time when the world is struggling to find ways to reverse the trend of biodiversity loss, China has provided a sound solution: the harmonious co-existence between mankind and nature.
As planet Earth continues to face the degradation of biodiversity, Chinese President Xi Jinping envisions a homeland where man and nature can live in harmony, with economy and ecology thriving side by side.
China on Tuesday officially designated the first group of national parks, a move to further improve the national park system amid the country's efforts of nature conservation.
The Kunming Declaration, the newest globally-recognized agreement on biological diversity, calls for urgent and integrated action for transformative change for nature and people in order to stop the ongoing biodiversity crisis.
China has built a massive power network often termed "power highways" to transmit electricity from its resources-rich west to the more developed, power-thirsty east.
China on Tuesday announced it would formally establish its first batch of national parks.
What makes Yunnan such an irreplaceable home to many species?
World leaders on Tuesday called for global awareness, broad consensus and concrete actions to preserve biodiversity at a United Nations conference held in China.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday addressed the Leaders' Summit of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity via video link in Beijing.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday announced China's initiative to establish the Kunming Biodiversity Fund and take the lead by investing 1.5 billion yuan (about 233 million U.S. dollars) to the fund.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for efforts to build a community of all life on Earth at a key UN meeting to enhance global biodiversity protection.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called on countries around the world to join hands and start a new journey of high-quality development of humanity.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for accelerating efforts to foster a green way of development and securing a win-win of economic growth and environmental protection.
To achieve its carbon peak and neutrality targets, China will release implementation plans for peaking carbon dioxide emissions in key areas and sectors as well as a series of supporting measures, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday.
Inger Andersen, the executive director of the UN Environment Program, said that by agreeing to host the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), China has reaffirmed its commitments to global biodiversity conservation in line with its concept of ecological civilization.
An official from the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has hailed China's efforts to preserve biodiversity over the years.
Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of UN Convention on Biological Biodiversity, believes countries will support actions to conserve biodiversity.
More than 2,500 rare plants are on display at greenhouses in southwest China's city of Kunming, Yunnan Province. Known as "Kingdom of Plants," the greenhouses are a vivid showcase of how biodiversity has developed in China.
The 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) officially kicked off in Kunming City, southwest China's Yunnan Province on Monday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will on Tuesday attend via video link the leaders' summit of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) and deliver a keynote speech.
The media center for the upcoming 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) opened on Saturday.
Several rare wildlife species whose populations had dwindled over the years, with some on the edge of extinction, have made a remarkable comeback across China.
China, with a long history of nature conservation, got a key role to play in helping tackle the global biodiversity crisis, which is equally on center stage with climate change, a U.S. expert has said.
A total of 2,519 new species have been discovered in Southwest China's Yunnan province during the past three decades, representing over one-third of new species found in China and contributing to the preservation of biological diversity worldwide, a report said.
From five to over 50,000, the population of an endangered plant species endemic to southwest China has risen within two decades thanks to the country's efforts in rescuing living organisms.
KUNMING, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- The news center for the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) officially launched its website on Saturday, with content in both Chinese and English, ahead of the COP15 conference in October.
BEIJING, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- The 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) will be a milestone, as it will produce a blueprint for global biodiversity governance in the next decade, a Chinese official said Thursday.
China's State Council Information Office released a white paper on biodiversity conservation in China on Friday, days ahead of a key UN meeting to be held in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming.