Ecosystem services for China鈥檚 wealth
香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Director General Julia Marton-Lefevre visited Beijing last week to attend the 2010 Annual General Meeting of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environmental and Development (CCICED). At the meeting鈥檚 open forum, she gave a speech on 鈥淭he Value of Nature for China鈥檚 Green Development鈥.
The Director General suggested that Ecosystem services can generate substantial wealth for China鈥檚 economy. Her speech focused on how China stands to benefit from wise management of its natural assets, and how these assets can make a significant contribution to the country鈥檚 development. She stresses that maintaining biodiversity is a crucial pillar of the green development of modern China. Ecosystem鈥恇ased adaptation recognizes the many services nature provides for free and aims to strengthen them in order to build long鈥恡erm, cost鈥恊ffective resilience to climate change. She presented some ways natural assets can be mainstreamed into major sectors of China鈥檚 economy. Please visit the link to read the full speech.