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MONTREAL, Canada, Dec. 20, 2022 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

Our earth is currently experiencing the triple and concurrent planetary crises

of biodiversity loss, climate change and environmental pollution. Their

severity is such that nothing less than immediate from the global community

will suffice. Given these urgent circumstances, the 15th Conference of the

Parties (COP15) of the Convention on Biological Diversity reconvened in

December 2022 in Montreal, Canada. At the top of their agenda was the settling

of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework.

Liu Chunxi, Executive President of Yili Group, shared the company's

wide-ranging biodiversity conservation efforts at the conference. As a result,

Yili was the sole dairy enterprise included in the New Deal for People and

Nature: Case Book on Business Actions in Biodiversity in China.

The "Yili model" of biodiversity conservation

As the first Chinese company to sign the Convention on Biological Diversity's

Business and Biodiversity Pledge, Yili has pioneered a comprehensive model of

biodiversity conservation, featuring disclosure, management and popularization.

The company has published the Annual Report on Biodiversity Conservation over

the past five consecutive years, sharing its experiences and results with the

public.

The Yili Sustainable Development Committee investigated all elements of

production and operation processes in order to identify critical attributes

that are closely related to biodiversity. The company has identified six focus

areas for biodiversity conservation in whole life-cycle approaches: habitat

preservation, climate change response, species diversity conservation,

sustainable resource use, environmental management, and ecological conservation

advocacy.

Furthermore, Yili has shared its expertise with its upstream and downstream

partners. In one example, the Group promoted an integrated agricultural system

in Ar Horqin Banner, Inner Mongolia. As a consequence, the plant covering of

this core grassland region has expanded from less than 10% in 2008 to more than

95%, effectively converting what was once a desert into an oasis.

Our homeland: a world living in harmony with nature

Under the "Yili Homeland Initiative" aimed at safeguarding the future of life,

Yili has collaborated with WWF and the China Green Foundation on grasslands

protection, wetland protection in Northeast China, and habitat preservation for

Asian elephants. Through the initiative, Yili has planted 100,000 saxaul trees

in the Alashan Desert in Inner Mongolia, recorded 50,123 waterbirds at the

Xianghai Wetland covering an area of about 4,050 mu (c. 270 hectares) in

western Jilin Province, restored 50,000 square meters in habitats for Asian

elephants in Yunnan Province, and supported coral reef conservation in the

Komodo National Park of Indonesia.

During the first session of COP15 in 2021, Yili brand Satine launched

limited-edition products themed on biodiversity conservation, with designs

featuring animals, plants, forests, oceans, wetlands, and grasslands to raise

public awareness of biodiversity conservation.

Yili releases the first NFT-edition Biodiversity Conservation Report in China

at the second COP15 session, uploading Yili's actions and results in

biodiversity conservation into the Metaverse. By leveraging cutting-edge

technology, Yili aims to encourage the next generation to become involved in

the effort to protect our homeland.

Renowned ecologist Dr. Thomas Lovejoy, the "godfather of biodiversity", once

said that "the biological diversity of this planet has been really hammered,

and this is really our last chance to address all of that." A global joint

effort is absolutely necessary for the protection of biodiversity and Yili, as

a leading company in the global dairy business, is dedicated to increasing its

contribution to biodiversity conservation, hand-in-hand with partners all

around the world.

Source: Yili Group

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   Caption: Yili collaborated with the China Green Foundation on habitat preservation for

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