The Convention on Biological Diversity-Reaction

Answer 1

The Convention on Biological Species had a wide and positive response on a global scale:

** I. International level **
1. ** Promotion of international cooperation **
- Many countries had actively participated in the convention. Since 1994, thousands of representatives from different countries had gathered at the conference of the parties every two years. This reflected the importance countries attached to the global issue of conservation of biological resources. Through this international cooperation and exchange, countries could share their experiences, technologies and other resources in the field of conservation of biological resources. For example, developing countries could acquire advanced technologies for monitoring the ecosystem from developed countries, while developed countries could draw inspiration from the traditional ecological protection wisdom of developing countries.
- The Convention emphasized the importance and necessity of promoting international, regional and global cooperation between countries, inter-governmental organizations and non-governmental sectors for the conservation of biological differences and the sustainable use of their components. Such a cooperative mechanism could help integrate global resources and jointly address threats to biological richness, such as cross-border species protection and joint management of high seas biological resources.
2. ** Promotion of resource conservation and sustainable use **
- The Convention clarified the concept of biological richness, covering all kinds of organisms from all sources, including the richness within species, between species, and in the ecosystem. This allowed countries to have a unified framework when formulating biological resource protection policies. For example, there was a basis for determining which species needed priority protection and which ecosystem needed priority maintenance.
- The conservation of biological variety was recognized as a common concern for all humankind, and the importance of protecting in place the ecosystem and natural habitat, and maintaining and restoring the population of species that were able to survive in their natural environment was emphasized. This prompted countries to take measures to protect their natural ecological environment and reduce the destruction of biological habitat, such as the establishment of nature reserves, national parks and other protected areas.
3. ** Regulate the management of genetic resources **
- The convention defined the country of origin of genetic resources and the country providing genetic resources. At the same time, it clarified the appropriate acquisition of genetic resources and the appropriate transfer of relevant technologies. This would help protect the rights and interests of countries with rich genetic resources, prevent improper access and utilization of genetic resources, and ensure the fair distribution of interests related to genetic resources.

** 2. Domestically (Take China as an example)**
1. ** Fulfilling the obligations of the Convention **
- China signed the Convention on June 11, 1992, decided to approve it on November 7, 1992, and deposited its instrument of approval on January 5, 1993. The Convention entered into force for China on December 29, 1993. Moreover, the Convention was applicable to the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Region. China actively participated in matters related to the Convention, such as the 15th Conference of the parties to the Convention on Biological Species, which showed that China actively assumed international responsibility for the conservation of biological species.
2. ** Harmonize domestic policies with the Convention **
- China's policy on the protection of biological resources was in line with the Convention's principles, and it was constantly strengthening its work on the protection of biological resources. A large number of ecological protection projects had been carried out in China, such as the restoration of the habitat of some endangered species and the formulation of relevant laws and regulations on the sustainable use of biological resources to regulate the development and utilization of biological resources.

3. ** Raise public awareness **
- The existence of the Convention also prompted China to raise public awareness of the protection of biological species. By carrying out various publicity and education activities, the public will be aware of the value and importance of protecting biological differences, and the public will be encouraged to participate in the action of protecting biological differences, such as volunteers participating in activities such as protecting wet lands and protecting wild animals.
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