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Please see herebelow the latest communication from David Duthie from Bioplan on Biological Diversity in China.

Agricultural biological diversity is an important core interest in CA systems management.

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From: David Duthie <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 at 12:47
Subject: Getting out the best China II
To: bioplan <[log in to unmask]>


Dear BIOPLANNERS,

 

In late September last year, I posted on “Getting out the best China”, flagging how China is approaching its forthcoming Presidency of the Convention on Biological Diversity. With CoP15 still delayed, that preparation has had time to build and, below, I am pasting another opportunity to look inside a major biodiversity hotspot.

 

Those wishing to get an overview of the status of biodiversity in China should go straight to the last review article in the collection, whilst those wishing to explore how China’s “Ecological Civilisation” concept will dovetail with the CBD’s “Living in Harmony with Nature” can explore the shorter policy perspectives in the collection.

 

All articles are open access.


Finally, just as I was about to post this, another China-CBD article crossed my desk, which looks at China's performance within the CBD from a participation and governance perspective. Here are the metadata....


Qin, Tianbao (2021) The evolution and challenges in China’s implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity: a new analytical frameworkInternational Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10784-020-09499-z

(free access)

Due to its size and surging economic growth, China could play a major role in solving global environmental problems, especially through its implementation of multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs). The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is one of the most important MEAs in the world. China ratified the CBD in 1992 and has implemented the CBD with changing willingness and ability since 1993. Since China’s willingness and ability is changing, the traditional willingness–capacity framework could not accurately evaluate its implementation status. Therefore, how to evaluate the (dynamic) implementation of the CBD by countries like China which is in the process of rapid socioeconomic progress, became a new research question for scholarships. To this end, the article introduces a new analytical framework (with four factors) on implementation based on the traditional willingness–capacity framework, and employed both the historic analysis through examining historic development of China’s implementation and empirical study methods through empirical data and information. It finds that factors such as development philosophy and model, perception of national environmental interest, economic and technological level, and attitude toward global environmental governance have jointly determined China’s role in the implementation and its evolution of “follower–major participant–active contributor”. And those factors could also provide an insight into what are the challenges for China’s future implementation. The analytic framework used in this article may shed light on understanding China’s implementation of other MEAs, and on understanding other developing countries’ implementation of MEAs.

Best wishes

 

David Duthie

 

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National Science Review Volume 8, Issue 7, July 2021

Special Topic: Ecological Civilization-Insights into Humans and Nature


GUEST EDITORIAL

Ecological civilization: a revived perspective on the relationship between humanity and nature

Keping Ma, Fuwen Wei

National Science Review, Volume 8, Issue 7, July 2021, nwab112, https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwab112

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PERSPECTIVES

SCIENCE POLICY

Ecological civilization: China's effort to build a shared future for all life on Earth

Fuwen Wei, Shuhong Cui, Ning Liu, Jiang Chang, Xiaoge Ping ...

National Science Review, Volume 8, Issue 7, July 2021, nwaa279, https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaa279

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Integrating climate, biodiversity, and sustainable land-use strategies: innovations from China

Guido Schmidt-Traub, Harvey Locke, Jixi Gao, Zhiyun Ouyang, Justin Adams ...

National Science Review, Volume 8, Issue 7, July 2021, nwaa139, https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaa139

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Defining ‘science-based targets’

Inger Andersen, Naoko Ishii, Thomas Brooks, Cynthia Cummis, Gustavo Fonseca ...

National Science Review, Volume 8, Issue 7, July 2021, nwaa186, https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaa186

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Unity of Nature and Man: a new vision and conceptual framework for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Tianxiao Ma, Yisi Hu, Meng Wang, Lijun Yu, Fuwen Wei

National Science Review, Volume 8, Issue 7, July 2021, nwaa265, https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaa265

 

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ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY

Wildlife conservation and management in China: achievements, challenges and perspectives

Guangping Huang, Xiaoge Ping, Weihua Xu, Yibo Hu, Jiang Chang ...

National Science Review, Volume 8, Issue 7, July 2021, nwab042, https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwab042

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Conceptual and theoretical dimensions of biodiversity research in China: examples from plants

Chengjin Chu, Lei Chen, Pengfei Fan, Ziwen He, Yuanzhi Li ...

National Science Review, Volume 8, Issue 7, July 2021, nwab060, https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwab060

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COMMENTARIES

SCIENCE POLICY

Biodiversity science in China

Peter H Raven

National Science Review, Volume 8, Issue 7, July 2021, nwab097, https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwab097

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ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY

Biodiversity science blossoms in China

Richard B Primack

National Science Review, Volume 8, Issue 7, July 2021, nwab058, https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwab058

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Applied biodiversity science in China in the global context

Thomas M Brooks, Xinsheng Zhang

National Science Review, Volume 8, Issue 7, July 2021, nwab059, https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwab059

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REVIEW

ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY

The global significance of biodiversity science in China: an overview

Xiangcheng Mi, Gang Feng, Yibo Hu, Jian Zhang, Lei Chen ...

National Science Review, Volume 8, Issue 7, July 2021, nwab032, https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwab032

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