China has injected 400 million yuan ($56.9 million) into the Kunming Biodiversity Fund, which it initiated in 2021, and has now successfully completed the first nine projects under its support, according to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.
The Kunming Biodiversity Fund is accelerating action to help developing countries scale up their biodiversity strategies, global leaders say.
Yunnan province is the only “biodiversity oasis” on the Tropic of Cancer. It has 313 species of beasts, or 16.1 percent of the world’s total, 945 species of birds, or 15.2 percent of the world's total; 617 species of freshwater fish, or 18.2 percent; and 2,273 species of vertebrates, or 13.8 percent.
