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YANCHENG, China, Sept. 27, 2023 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/--

On 25 September, 2023 World Coastal Forum was held in Yancheng, Jiangsu

Province. The conference was co-hosted by Jiangsu Provincial People's

Government, Ministry of Natural Resources, National Forestry and Grassland

Administration, with the theme "Our coasts: Harmony between People and Nature",

according to the World Coastal Forum Organizing Committee.

Former political leaders, ambassadors, and ministerial-level officials from

countries such as Ireland, Congo, Cape Verde, Singapore, and South Korea, as

well as United Nations agencies such as the United Nations Environment

Programme, the Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, and the

Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild

Animals, and international organizations such as the International Union for

Conservation of Nature, the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership, the

ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity, and the World Economic Forum, highly appreciate

China's leadership and significant achievements in protecting coastal

ecosystems, improving the ecological environment, and addressing climate

change. The World Coastal Forum provides a platform for the participation of

multiple stakeholders and will play an important role in promoting coastal

ecosystem conservation and sustainable development.

The coastal area, connected to the land and sea, is the main place of human

settlement, with irreplaceable spatial resources, rich biodiversity and natural

endowments, and is also the most dynamic area for economic and social

development in all countries. Yancheng, which is pursuing "green" and "blue" on

the road to high-quality development, has demonstrated the reality of

coexistence between human beings and animals, and the coexistence and

co-prosperity of coastal wetlands and developed urban economy. It is expected

to provide experience in nature conservation for densely populated and

economically developed cities, and provide a model for the protection and

sustainable development of the world's natural heritage.

The opening ceremony resulted in the signing of "Cooperation Framework

Agreement on Supporting the World Coastal Forum among Jiangsu Provincial

People's Government, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the National

Forestry and Grass- land Administration¡±. The World Conservation Union,

BirdLife International, and 14 other organizations have become partners of the

World Coastal Forum.

Source: World Coastal Forum Organizing Committee