STORY: Experts call for joint efforts to protect gibbons at meeting in China's Haikou
DATELINE: July 9, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:21
LOCATION: HAIKOU, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ENVIRONMENT

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the meeting
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PHUA TIN HOW, Former Principal Private Secretary to the President, Singapore
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SUSAN CHEYNE, Vice-Chair for IUCN Primate Specialist Group Section on Small Apes
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHANG XINSHENG, Former President of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

STORYLINE:

Experts have called for joint efforts to protect gibbons at the Global Gibbon Network (GGN) first Meeting of Partners held from Friday to Sunday in China's Haikou.

The Global Gibbon Network Initiative was launched to promote the normalization of international cooperation and exchanges on the conservation of gibbon species.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PHUA TIN HOW, Former Principal Private Secretary to the President, Singapore
"The GGN charter provides a platform to safeguard and conserve a key element of Asia's natural heritage."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SUSAN CHEYNE, Vice-Chair for IUCN Primate Specialist Group Section on Small Apes
"We need to bring new gibbon conservationists into the Global Gibbon Network, new organizations, find our partners and establish big collaboration. Because together we are stronger, together we are better, and together we can achieve global and local solutions for gibbon conservation."

SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHANG XINSHENG, Former President of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
"China has been taking real actions to implement the outcomes of the COP15. We unite other countries, international organizations, and global experts to protect biodiversity. We'll do better when working together."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Haikou, China.
(XHTV)