From 65438 to 0997, WWF started the Integrated Protection and Development Project (ICDP) in Pingwu County, Sichuan Province. While helping local institutions to strengthen the management capacity of nature reserves, the project also tries to develop alternative livelihoods in local communities to reduce the pressure of community production and life on the natural environment. Through the implementation of this project, Wang Lang Nature Reserve has become a model of reserve management in biodiversity monitoring and anti-poaching patrol, geographic information system application and reserve management, eco-tourism and environmental education, and the development of surrounding communities, providing a good demonstration for the wild protection of giant pandas. In 2002, WWF extended the ICDP project in Pingwu to the protection of giant panda habitat in the whole Minshan landscape, which made the protection of giant pandas develop from a single point to a new stage of crossing administrative boundaries, aiming at protecting the regional giant panda habitat and the whole Minshan natural ecosystem. In the same year, WWF also launched the protection of Qinling Mountains, which is the northernmost part of the distribution of giant pandas. The project of habitat protection and economic sustainable development of giant pandas in Qinling covers the whole Qinling area. The project aims to explore and establish effective means and mechanisms for the protection of giant panda habitat, as well as sustainable resource utilization and economic development model. Wetland and fresh water protection
WWF has carried out demonstration work on wetland and fresh water protection and integrated river basin management in more than 50 river basins around the world. 1998 After the flood, wetland and freshwater ecosystem protection has also become one of the main work areas of WWF in China. Through cooperation with the State Forestry Administration and other relevant departments, a lot of work has been done in wetland restoration, wetland alternative livelihood, wetland reserve network construction, seasonal eco-hydrological connection reconstruction of rivers and lakes, nomination of internationally important wetlands, wetland publicity and education, and policy advocacy of integrated watershed management.
1999 With the support of the Dutch branch of the World Wide Fund for Nature, the Yangtze River project "Protecting the River of Life Together" was first launched in Hunan, and wetland restoration, protection and sustainable utilization were carried out in West Dongting Lake, Qingshan Lake and Shaanxi State of Pan Xi. Through the development of wetlands to replace livelihoods, promote community management, assist in the establishment of protected areas and constantly improve their capabilities, publicity and education. At the same time, support the Jiangxi Provincial Development and Governance Committee to summarize the experience and lessons of comprehensive management of Poyang Lake Basin and promote the comprehensive management of Dongting Lake Basin and Chishui River Basin.
Under the influence of this project, in 2002, HSBC supported the World Wide Fund for Nature to launch the WWF- HSBC Yangtze River Project in Hubei, with the goal of "rebuilding the ties between rivers and lakes and restoring the life network in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River". The construction of wetland protection network in Hubei Province, the promotion of "irrigating the Yangtze River to harvest seedlings" to rebuild the connection between rivers and lakes, the implementation of community-based wetland protection and restoration demonstration, the protection of aquatic biological resources, and the protection of Tianezhou wetland, the habitat of baiji and finless porpoise, will provide strong support for restoring the connection between rivers and lakes, explore the protection and sustainable utilization of lakes in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and build wetland protection networks in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and protection networks for rare species such as baiji and finless porpoise.
At the same time, WWF suggested and co-funded with China International Cooperation Committee on Environment and Development (hereinafter referred to as "GCC") to set up the "GCC Integrated Watershed Management Research Group". On June 5438+ 10, 2004, the research group submitted a policy proposal report on "Promoting Integrated Watershed Management and Restoring the River of Life in China" to the State Council, offering suggestions and suggestions for promoting "good governance" of water resources and watershed ecosystems in China. The proposal of establishing the Yangtze River Forum in the report has been adopted by 27 units. The first Yangtze River Forum was successfully held in Wuhan in April, 2005. The Declaration on Protection and Development-Yangtze River was adopted, and it was unanimously agreed that the three goals of flood control safety, drinking water safety and ecological safety should be achieved through comprehensive management of the Yangtze River basin.
WWF has been cooperating with the State Forestry Administration to promote the formulation of China wetland protection action plan and the implementation of priority projects, nominate internationally important wetlands, support the basic investigation of wetland nature reserves, train reserve managers and manage wetland nature reserves. With the assistance of WWF, on February 2, 2002 (World Wetlands Day) and February 2, 2005, China added 23 wetlands of international importance twice, among which 14 wetlands of international importance added in 2002 were rated as the first "gift" given to the earth by China by WWF headquarters. Cooperate with the State Forestry Administration and Shanghai Agriculture and Forestry Bureau to carry out the "Sustainable Management Project of Chongming Dongtan Nature Reserve" and explore the construction and management of "internationally important wetlands"; In cooperation with the State Forestry Administration, synchronous waterfowl surveys were organized in six provinces and cities in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in 2004 and 2005, which prepared detailed basic data for the network construction of wetland protection areas in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the nomination of internationally important wetlands.
WWF has also cooperated with the Convention on Wetlands Implementation Office of the State Forestry Administration, and since 200 1, it has continuously organized "Wetlands Messenger Action", namely, "Bringing knowledge back to hometown", "Entering internationally important wetlands", "Pursuing the same rivers and lakes", "River of Life: From Mountain to Sea" and "Yangtze River Action". A total of 226 organizations participated in the bidding, among which 1, 3 1, and more than 1, 500 teachers and students became wetland ambassadors to directly participate in the activities, covering 20 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in China's Heilongjiang, Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang River basins and Mekong River basins in Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar. The emergence and development of forest has a history of 600 million years, which has experienced naked fern, small forest and fern forest, and finally developed into the Cenozoic forest dominated by angiosperms today.
China has a vast territory, complex natural conditions and rich forest resources. However, the ecological environment of forest free life has been disturbed and infringed by human activities. When primitive agriculture appeared 8000-7000 years ago, deforestation began. With the reclamation of farmland, the increase of living demand, and the constant war and social unrest, the forest coverage rate in China dropped from 60% four or five thousand years ago to 12 in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. 5%。 After the founding of New China, the forest resources in China have been restored to some extent. The five forest resources inventory reports from 1973 to 1998 reflect that the forest coverage rate in China is from 12. 7% to 16. 55%, forest accumulation
The quantity ranges from 86. 5.6 billion cubic meters increased to 1 12. 6.7 billion cubic meters. However, China's per capita forest area and per capita stock are still behind the world 120, and the ecological problems closely related to forests are very prominent, including soil erosion, land desertification, river interruption, frequent geological disasters, deterioration of habitat environment of rare wild animals and plants, and sharp decline of biodiversity.
In order to fundamentally change the present situation of ecological deterioration in China and improve the quality of forest resources, the China Municipal Government started six forestry projects from 1998, including natural forest resources protection project, returning farmland to forests project, sandstorm source control project in Beijing and Tianjin, key shelter forest construction project in the Three North and Yangtze River basins, wildlife protection and nature reserve construction project, and fast-growing and high-yield forest base construction project in key areas, which increased the forest coverage rate in China to 65,430 in a short time.
The forestry project of WWF Beijing Office, combined with the national key forestry projects, has carried out forest protection and restoration projects for the habitats of giant pandas and Amur tigers in Minshan area in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Northeast China and Inner Mongolia, and introduced the latest landscape protection concepts and methods into China. Through the establishment of protected areas, the management efficiency of protected areas is improved, and the * * * management mechanism involving communities and enterprises is explored, so that fragmented habitats can be connected and restored. At the same time, in order to improve the quality and sustainable utilization of forest resources in China, forests should be recognized.
Certification and chain of custody certification of production and marketing were introduced into China to assist relevant government departments to formulate relevant domestic standards and help forest management units to improve their management level and sustainable utilization of forest resources. In order to reduce the possible adverse impact of natural forest-rich areas such as South China and Southeast Asia on the increasing demand for imported timber from, WWF Beijing Office has established the China Forest Trade Network (CFTN), which encourages manufacturers engaged in timber trade and production in China (including Hongkong and Taiwan Province Province) to promote legal logging and trade, sustainable forest management and reliable forest certification by joining the global forest trade network. Related to this, the Soybean and Palm Oil Roundtable (RSPO) is also the focus of forestry projects, which aims to encourage influential manufacturers to devote themselves to promoting the sustainable development of forest land by participating in the roundtable. "Human beings are the focus of sustainable development, and they have the right to live in harmony with nature and live a healthy and valuable life." -Rio de Janeiro Declaration (1992)
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As a development strategy, sustainable development was formally put forward at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992, and was widely accepted by the international community. The implementation of this strategy means that human beings reflect on the traditional development model and call for change. It means that human beings need to re-understand and adjust the relationship between man and himself, man and society, and man and nature. This adjustment means profound changes in people's thinking and behavior. In this process, education plays a vital role. Because "to turn an abstract concept-sustainable development-into the reality of people all over the world", this is essentially an educational task.
Education for sustainable development is the main force to realize sustainable development, which provides people with the ability to turn social ideals into reality. Through the education of sustainable development, people can better understand the planet we live in, and understand the complex and interrelated relationship between world problems that threaten the future of mankind, such as poverty, environmental degradation, health, conflicts and human rights violations. Through sustainable development education, people will master the knowledge and skills necessary for a sustainable future, and have the values, behaviors and lifestyles necessary for positive social changes, thus "building a humane, equal and caring harmonious society that recognizes human dignity."
In order to promote the development of sustainable development education in China and realize the ultimate mission of WWF, WWF set up an education and capacity-building project (the original environmental education project) when it officially set up its office in Beijing on 1996.
After nearly ten years of construction and development, the project has always implemented the working strategy of "capacity building, resource development, policy influence and network construction". Through cooperation with China Ministry of Education, State Environmental Protection Administration, State Forestry Administration and other government departments, academic research institutions in universities, communities, religious groups and local non-governmental organizations, a series of projects have been carried out, and the concept, content and methods of sustainable development education have been successfully introduced into formal education and community sustainable development education in China.
China's education and capacity-building projects include China Green Education Action for Primary and Secondary Schools, Shangri-La Sustainable Community, Youth love the water Action, Shangri-La Rivers and Lakes, Bajiu Sustainable Community, Northwest Yunnan Community Capacity-building, East Tibet Community Protection and Development, and Children of the Earth. At the same time, the project also provides education and capacity-building support for other WWF projects in China, and undertakes the responsibility of resource development, experience summary and achievement sharing. Energy and climate change project
"The less actions we take to slow down climate change now, the more difficult it will be to adapt to climate change in the future." Stern review
In the past 100 years, the temperature of the earth has increased by 0. 74 degrees Celsius; The rise of Arctic temperature is global.
Twice the average, the Arctic sea ice disappears at a rate of 3% per 10 year; The drought trend in the Mediterranean, southern Africa and parts of South Asia is intensifying; Since 1970s, the duration and intensity of drought in tropical and subtropical regions have increased, the frequency of heavy precipitation and heat waves has increased, and the intensity of tropical hurricanes has increased. The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is the highest since 650 thousand years on earth, which is about 35% higher than that before industrialization. The fourth assessment report of IPCC proves once again that global climate change is an indisputable fact, and 90% of it is caused by greenhouse gases emitted by human activities. Many independent studies show that only by controlling the temperature rise within 2 degrees Celsius can human beings avoid the disastrous impact of climate warming on the natural environment, human beings and the global economy. We still have enough time to achieve this goal, but only if we reach some necessary decisions in recent years.
Urgency: policies and measures to promote the development and application of low-carbon technologies should be implemented in the next five years; Any delay will increase the difficulty and cost of mitigating climate change; Wildlife trade project
TRAFFIC (Wildlife Trade Research Committee) was established in 1976. It is a wildlife trade research project supported by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) and IUCN (World Conservation Union). Its goal is to ensure that the wildlife trade will not pose a threat to the natural environment.
Headquartered in Britain, TRAFFIC has set up 265,438+0 offices all over the world, forming a global working network and is the largest wildlife trade monitoring organization in the world. One of the priorities of TRAFFIC is to assist the secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. In this regard, transportation has accumulated nearly 30 years of experience.
1996, transportation east Asia began to work in China, and on 200 1, China project, namely transportation east Asia-China project, was established in WWF office.
The project of China East Asia Wildlife Trade Research Committee strives to take the protection of medicinal animal and plant resources as the breakthrough point, and gradually find an effective way of sustainable utilization through exchanges and cooperation with relevant government departments, medical circles, universities and enterprises, which can not only rationally utilize natural resources, but also effectively curb the illegal trade of wild medicinal resources.
The China project of the East Asia Wildlife Trade Research Council emphasizes the early warning function of traffic in wildlife trade. Through regular market surveys, early warning will be issued to the relevant departments for wild species that may be endangered by trade, so as to attract the attention of relevant parties and take corresponding measures in time to ensure that trade does not cause species to be endangered.
The China Project of the East Asia Wildlife Trade Research Council regularly publishes a newsletter every year to introduce the current situation of endangered animal and plant resources, explore the methods of sustainable utilization of resources, and exchange information on wildlife trade and its control at home and abroad.
The China Project of the East Asia Wildlife Trade Research Council hopes to provide reference for stopping illegal wildlife trade and ensuring the sustainable utilization of resources and biodiversity through all the work carried out in China, and make more contributions to biodiversity protection in China and even East Asia together with different organizations at home and abroad. Global cooperation, moving towards Copenhagen, and realizing China's low-carbon future.
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Climate change has brought unprecedented challenges to mankind. In order to meet this challenge, the world must change the way of producing and using energy in the next 50 years. Such great changes require our leaders to formulate good policies and take prompt action.
Kyoto Protocol, which will expire in 20 12, is the most important and only international legal document, which sets binding targets for industrialized countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. All members of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will gather in Copenhagen, Denmark in February 2009 to discuss the greenhouse gas emission reduction targets after 20 12. This new global agreement is an important opportunity for us to keep global climate change within the normal range. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is working with many partners-civil society, government, community and private sector * * * to reach a fair, effective and scientific global climate agreement.
WWF's Expectation for Copenhagen Climate Change Agreement
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The Copenhagen climate change agreement provides an important opportunity for the world to realize a clean energy economy and reduce the threatening impact of climate change. WWF hopes to see our leaders reach a consensus on forming a fair, effective and scientific climate change agreement, which should include:
# By 2050, global carbon dioxide emissions will be reduced by 80% on the basis of 1990.
# Global carbon dioxide emissions will peak before 2020.
# By 2020, carbon dioxide emissions in developed countries will be reduced by 40% on the basis of 1990.
# Support developing countries, especially the most vulnerable countries, to take measures to adapt to climate change.
# Promote the transition to a low-carbon economy
# Provide clean technology, sufficient funds and capacity building to developing countries.
# Support WWF's Zero Deforestation Goal-Yellow Sea-Sea of Biodiversity. Under the guidance of the Map of Potential Protected Areas in the Yellow Sea Ecological Zone published in June, 5438+February, 2006, local communities in China and South Korea are about to assume the obligation to protect the Yellow Sea Ecological Zone. On September 7, 2007, a seven-year protection and support project for the Yellow Sea Ecological Zone was launched in Beijing.
Protect the life of the Yellow Sea.
The vast Yellow Sea is surrounded by China and the Korean Peninsula, and its continental shelf is extremely rich in biodiversity. Since ancient times, people have been enjoying the rich fishery resources in the Yellow Sea. WWF has designated 460,000 square kilometers of sea area, including the Yellow Sea, the Bohai Sea and the northern part of the East China Sea, as the "Yellow Sea Ecological Zone", which has been identified as one of more than 200 ecological zones under the key protection of WWF.
The objective of the Yellow Sea Ecological Zone Protection Support Project is to make the marine ecosystem healthier and more complete, and enrich the life of coastal residents. Matsushita Electric provided full financial guarantee for the project.
On September 7th, 2008, WWF and Korea Institute of Oceanography (KORDI) formally accepted applications for small funds, which will be used to support the publicity and protection activities of local communities and organizations.
Action plan based on priority protected areas
In July, 2002, WWF, Korea Institute of Oceanography (KORDI) and Korea Institute of Environment (KEI) launched the Yellow Sea Ecological Zone Planning Project, and determined the priority protected areas through scientific analysis of the key habitats needed to protect biodiversity. As a result of this research project, a map of potential protected areas in the Yellow Sea Ecological Zone was published in February 2006. The map has been adopted by the United Nations Development Programme.
The Yellow Sea Ecological Zone Protection Support Project will support local communities in China and South Korea to carry out specific biodiversity protection activities based on the map of potential protected areas in the Yellow Sea Ecological Zone.
Vision statement: The Yellow Sea Ecological Zone Support Project will work with partners to realize the following vision: By 2020, all key habitats that maintain biodiversity in the Yellow Sea will be effectively protected and managed, the species with the most ecological, economic and cultural values will be restored and developed, and the health of the marine ecosystem will be improved, so that it can restore all service functions and benefit coastal communities. As a global independent environmental protection organization, WWF has had corresponding leadership and influence in freshwater protection, forest protection, climate change and wildlife trade. Wwf has also begun to expand its traditional business areas, one of which is the cross-project policy work closely related to the above-mentioned protection projects. The Project on Scientific Development and International Policy (hereinafter referred to as the Policy Project) is committed to promoting China's "scientific development", that is, sustainable development, and also undertakes the communication, coordination and implementation of China-related policies among WWF global networks.
On the one hand, starting and carrying out the work in the policy field comes from the requirements of WWF-related protection projects, and it is also one of the safeguard measures to realize the two goals of biological carrying capacity and ecological footprint released by WWF at the 2007 annual meeting in Beijing. We expect that by strengthening the influence and attention on policies and paying attention to the relationship between various fields, policy projects will provide relevant policy support and information services for WWF biodiversity protection, thus enhancing the influence of WWF and contributing to the sustainable development of China.
According to the "Five-year Plan for Protection and Development (2005~20 10)" of the China Project Office of the World Wide Fund for Nature, in order to meet the challenges of environmental protection and sustainable development, policy projects will focus on the following three main directions: poverty and environment (including compensation mechanism and ecological compensation), consumption or sustainable lifestyle (ecological footprint) and trade, investment and finance (which are powerful supplements to consumption and sustainable lifestyle).
Policy research topics mainly focus on trade and investment, bank credit principles and ecological footprint.
Promote sustainable foreign trade and investment.
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In April, 2007, WWF released the report Rethinking China's Overseas Investment. With the rapid development of China's foreign investment, the whole world needs to reconsider the existing global economic development model. The report suggests establishing a dialogue mechanism among natural resource suppliers, manufacturers of products and services and consumers to promote the global circular economy.
China's total foreign trade volume ranks among the top in the world, but it also faces some urgent problems, such as changing to a sustainable trade model, reducing the friction between China and the United States and Central Europe, and enhancing its position in the global division of labor. WWF cooperates with government and research institutions including People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Ministry of Commerce, aiming at finding sustainable trade opportunities, promoting the upgrading of foreign trade structure and exploring sustainable foreign trade development strategies.
At the same time, we pay close attention to the opportunities and challenges faced by China companies when they invest in natural resources (such as timber) overseas. We will cooperate with relevant departments to coordinate global network resources, comprehensively analyze economic and environmental benefits, and promote the sustainable development of overseas investment.
Bank credit principle
WWF looks forward to cooperating with relevant financial research institutions, analyzing the reform process and development trend of China's banking industry, enhancing the environmental awareness of domestic banks by introducing internationally recognized environmental credit principles, and promoting the promotion of sustainable development strategies in banks and other financial services. Wwf is cooperating with important domestic banks to analyze the development trend of state-owned commercial banks after the shareholding system reform, explore the feasibility of introducing the principle of sustainable credit, and make positive contributions to the formulation of sustainable development strategies for domestic banks.
Study on Ecological Footprint of China
"Ecological footprint" is an index to measure human demand for ecosystem, including natural resources owned, consumed and resource distribution. The World Wide Fund for Nature (China) cooperated with the International Cooperation Committee on Environment and Development of China to carry out the study on "Ecological Footprint of China". China Ecological Footprint Report will be devoted to raising public awareness, promoting joint research by Chinese and foreign experts, and providing policy suggestions for senior leaders in China. CCISUA and WWF both entrusted the Global Footprint Network, headquartered in the United States, and the Institute of Geographical Sciences and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences with research and analysis. The mid-term research report of this project will be completed in June 2007+10, and the final report will be released in the first half of 2008. The widespread concern for the environment has changed the way businessmen look at the world. Together with customers, shareholders, employees and their families, they are increasingly aware that protecting nature is in everyone's interest. They believe that for our own well-being and the happiness of future generations, everyone has the responsibility to take all possible actions to protect the natural wealth on our planet.
The voice of protecting nature in society is getting louder and louder, which is pushing the business community to strengthen cooperation with WWF and similar institutions. Because this kind of cooperation can not only bring benefits to enterprises, but also bring benefits to nature.
WWF corporate partners are a platform for exchanges and cooperation between enterprises in China. We hope to become strategic partners with those enterprises that commit themselves to social responsibility and strive to improve the environment.