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The Conference of Parties (COP) 15 of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in 2020 will be a landmark opportunity to strengthen global environmental governance, as new targets will be agreed for the protection of terrestrial and marine ecosystems up to 2030 and beyond. It will be held in Yunnan...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of the People’s Republic of China have strengthened their joint efforts to further enhance their strategic partnerships in aligning FAO’s Strategic Objectives with China’s “Belt and Road Initiative”, hence contributing to achieving the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable...

This morning, Dr. Vincent Martin, the Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in China, met with Mr. Wei Zhenglin, the new Deputy Director-General of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas (MARA) in China. The two sides made...

Today a Rural Revitalization and Integrated Urban-Rural Development Forum, co-organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in China and Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS), was held in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. Representative of FAO China Dr. Vincent Martin, Vice Governor of Jiangsu Province Mr. Fei Gaoyun, President...

On March 4, 2019, a seminar on "Conservation and Benefit Sharing of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and Agricultural Biodiversity focusing on post-2020 Agricultural Biodiversity" was held in Beijing Agricultural Science Building. The event was co-hosted by China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (China Green Development Foundation)...