A folk music and dance team from Shiping county of Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan province, performed at the opening ceremony of the 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, or COP 15, in Kunming, on Monday.
President Xi Jinping's address to the COP 15 leaders' summit on Tuesday demonstrated China's resolute determination to promote global environmental governance as a major responsible power and will inject strong political momentum into the global biodiversity conservation process, experts said.
Creative and cultural products with designs featuring diverse animals and plants went viral at the venue of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, or COP 15, which is being held in Kunming, Yunnan province, since Monday.
Not long ago, Chinese and many world media outlets shared the joyful news of the return of a group of elephants to their habitat after a long journey in Southwest China's Yunnan province. As wild Asian elephants fall under the highest category of protection in China, their population in the country has grown to 300 individuals.
Participants at the United Nations Biological Diversity Convention have adopted the Kunming Declaration, as a two-day high-level segment of the 15th meeting of the conference of the parties to the convention, or COP 15, concluded on Wednesday.
Kunming, Yunnan province, has been decorated with flower clusters, landscaping and lighting to welcome the opening of COP15.
Preserving plant seeds and other genetic material warrants investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, as it provides a lifeline for the future, according to scientists.
China's flora occupies a unique place in global plant diversity as it consists of about 38,000 "higher plants" (those able to grow to a large size), Sun Weibang, director of the Kunming Botanical Garden in Yunnan province, said.
