Global leaders gather in Colombia to boost biodiversity conservation efforts

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Global leaders gather in Colombia to boost biodiversity conservation efforts

2024-10-31 17:33 Last Updated At：11-01 01:07

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and several heads of state emphasized the need for countries to expedite negotiations to support global biodiversity conservation at the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Cali, Colombia's third-largest city, on Tuesday.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro highlighted the importance of discussing collective strategies to tackle the challenges posed by climate change and to protect biodiversity.

In light of the alarming loss of biodiversity, COP15 established the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. COP16 is viewed as a pivotal moment for action and implementing the framework's goals.

Guterres warned that the world is in a "war" with nature, a conflict that has no winners, and urged nations to take concrete steps to protect biodiversity and fully realize the framework's commitments.

Under the theme of "Peace with Nature", COP16 is underway in Cali from October 21 to November 1.

China's marine economy sustains stable growth in Q1-3

2024-10-31 22:08 Last Updated At：22:37

China's marine economy showed steady progress in the first three quarters of 2024, with a gross ocean product of 7.7 trillion yuan (more than 1.08 trillion U.S. dollars), a 5.4 percent year-on-year increase, according to the data released by the Ministry of Natural Resources on Thursday.

Approved sea-use areas grew 6.7 percent year on year, involving over 740 billion yuan (nearly 104 billion U.S. dollars) of investment in marine projects.

Marine energy production remained stable, with crude oil and natural gas output up by 5.9 percent and 8.8 percent respectively, and offshore wind power generation surged by 29.5 percent.

The output of domestic marine aquatic products rose over 4 percent.

Shipbuilding sustained its growth trend, with new orders, completed vessels and on-hand orders soaring over 45 percent, 31 percent and 31 percent from the same period of last year, respectively, keeping China in the lead in the global shipbuilding sector.