STORY: High-level int'l forum on mangrove conservation concludes in China
DATELINE: July 27, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:18
LOCATION: SHENZHEN, China
CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT
 
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the forum
2. various of mangrove forest in China
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YANG QIONG, Senior engineer of Guangdong Neilingding Futian National Nature Reserve Administration Bureau
4. various of mangrove forest in China
 
STORYLINE:
 
A high-level international forum on mangrove conservation concluded on Thursday in Shenzhen City, south China's Guangdong Province.
 
The two-day forum aimed to galvanize global consensus and efforts for mangrove protection.
 
160 representatives from 29 countries, the secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands and relevant international organizations such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations participated in the forum.
 
A joint statement was adopted on Wednesday morning, which encourages governments to incorporate the protection and sustainable use of mangroves into national plans to achieve strong ecological, economic and social benefits.
 
SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YANG QIONG, Senior engineer of Guangdong Neilingding Futian National Nature Reserve Administration Bureau
"We hope that through such international exchanges and cooperation, we can share our conservation and management experience with them, especially some cases of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, city and wetlands in such a megacity."
 
Thanks to China's dedication to ecological protection and restoration, the country's mangrove forest coverage has reached about 29,200 hectares, an increase of some 7,200 hectares from the beginning of the century.
 
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shenzhen, China.
(XHTV)