China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation

China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation
Founded 1985 (1985)
Founders Lu Zhengcao, Qian Changzhao and Bao Erhan
Focus Environmental Conservation, Sustainable Development
Headquarters Haidian, Beijing, China
Area served
Global
Key people
 Hu Deping (President), Jinfeng Zhou (Secretary General)
Employees
approx. 50
Volunteers
approx. 5000
Website www.cbcgdf.org/English/

The China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF) is a proactive environmental non-governmental organization and a social legal entity which works to protect the environment, preserve natural resources and biodiversity in China and all around the globe.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

History

The foundation was founded in 1985 by Lu Zhengcao, Qian Changzhao and Bao Erhan, the former vice-chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee to support the breeding and popularization of endangered Père David's deer species which was reintroduced back to China at that time. And it has worked since then on a number of resource management, environmental protection and conservation projects across China. Mr Hu Deping is the current Chairman of the foundation and Dr. Zhou Jinfeng is its Secretary General.[3]

The foundation is made up of several expert committees for biodiversity conservation composed of dozens of academicians of the Chinese academy of engineering and many experts in environmental ecology and law commission made up of many lawyers and scholars.

Approach

The foundation is involved in conservation efforts in a number of ways. It engages in lobbying the conservation work to community level through its Community conservation Areas (also called CCAfa) which it established in the April 2016 having till date over 85 CCAfas all round different Chinese cities. It also has a number of educational initiatives both to raise awareness of Environmental issues in China and to encourage sustainable practices. It works with higher education, primary and secondary schools and with a large network of wildlife volunteers through local initiatives in target areas to ensure a safe environment for us all.

Its scientific staff is engaged in research and management plans in reserve wildlife habitat across the country. It also advises industry and government bodies on sustainable development and environmental impacts for their projects in several cities in China.

Law enforcement

On the path of safeguarding public interests, since the revision of the new environmental Law giving non-governmental organizations the right to sue polluters on behalf of the public, the foundation has filed quite a number of Environmental Public Interest Litigation (EPIL) Cases against polluters and habitat destroyers causing harm to the environment and the people and animals living around it.[8][9][9]

Cultural field

The foundation also promotes environmental tourism and faith based conservation with the goal of expanding awareness of the countries natural resources and also creating economic incentives for a continued and expanded preservation.[10]

Partnerships

The CBCGDF has partnerships and international collaborations with a number of international environmental groups such World Wildlife Fund (WWF), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)，the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), CITES and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. In 2016, it signed a partnership agreement with the CMS making it the first Chinese organization to be partners with the CMS and in the process it also establish an initiative called the Ecological Belt and Road Initiative(EBRs).[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Member Profile:CBCGDF". natureneedshalf.org. Nature Needs Half.
  2. ↑ "Joining Forces for Greater Scale Impact: the role of ENGOs under the new Environmental Protection Law". cn.undp.org. United Nations Development Programme, China.
  3. 1 2 "China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation". cbd.int. United Nations Decade on Biodiversity.
  4. ↑ "China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation". ipbes.net. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Archived from the original on 2018-04-01. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
  5. ↑ "China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation". mnccenter.org. Wong MNC Center.
  6. ↑ "China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation". unglobalcompact.org. UN Global Compact.
  7. ↑ "Governments unite to conserve the world's heaviest flying animal". nationalgeographic.org. National Geographic. Archived from the original on 2018-09-04. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
  8. ↑ "Practical Law UK Signon". uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com.
  9. 1 2 "Environmental public interest litigation in the Qingdao maritime courts". 26 July 2015. Archived from the original on 2018-10-07. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  10. ↑ "A changing China in a changing world and a changing climate from the perspective of a Chinese non-governmental organization - Ecology and Jesuits in Communication". www.ecojesuit.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  11. ↑ "CMS Signs First Partnership Agreement with Chinese NGO - CMS". www.cms.int. Archived from the original on 2017-10-21. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
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