KUNMING, China,
Sept. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --
According to The China Environment News: As one of the eight
parallel forums of the The Fifteenth Meeting of the Conference of
the Parties (CBD COP 15) to the
Convention on Biological Diversity, the NGO Forum will be held in
Kunming from 27 to 28 September 2021. More than 400 representatives of
government, enterprise, NGO, Youth group, Women group, local
community and indigenous peoples from more than 30 countries on
five continents participate in the forum online and offline,
sharing their cutting-edge views,
actions and cases around the negotiation of Post-2020 Global
Biodiversity Framework, biodiversity mainstreaming, and voluntary
commitments from non-state actors,
etc.
NGO forum will bring together stakeholders from all walks of
life to contribute to the official CBD COP15 meeting on October
11 and the Kunming Declaration to be released at that
time.
1. Live Streaming
Chinese:
https://weibo.com/l/wblive/p/show/1022:2321324685441587609873
English:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjpSs1uejVAkz6Zw5YRp-FPVhJCScVX1V
2. Forum Overview
2.1 Organizers
Organized by: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological
Diversity, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the China NGO
Network for International Exchanges
Supported By: China Environmental Protection Foundation
(CEPF), Civil Society Alliance for
Biodiversity Conservation (PFI, SEE, GEI, and ShanShui), All-China Environment
Federation(ACEF), Client Earth, CI,
China Eco-Civilization
Research and Promotion Association (CECRPA)
2.2 Brief Agenda
September 27
9:00-10:30 Opening Ceremony and Roundtable
10:30-12:00 Forum-1: Nature-based Solutions to Climate
Change—ASEAN-China Mangroves Ecological Corridor
14:00-16:00 Forum-2: Environmental NGO's Role in Biodiversity
Conservation Mainstreaming
16:30-18:30 Forum-3: Release of the "Global Biodiversity
Conservation Best Practices 100+ " and Discussion
19:30-21:30 Biodiversity Carnival Night
September 28
9:00-11:30 Forum-4: Independent Contributions from
Non-state Actors and the Post-2020 Goal for Biodiversity
Conservation
13:00-16:00 Forum-5: Foundations Contributing to
Biodiversity Conservation
16:30-17:30 Closing Ceremony: Signing of the Independent
Contribution Initiative by Non-State Actors
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SOURCE The China Environment News