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Int'l Co-Op Aims to Improve China's Ecological Environment
International cooperation will help improve China's biological diversity and ecological protection by means of training and funding.
The deal was formalized last week between Chinese officials and a visiting delegation of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN).
According to a memorandum signed between the two sides, IUCN will help improve the country's environmental laws and regulations to encourage conservation.
Meanwhile, the agency will conduct projects across China in the coming years that include staff training, environmental education and technological and financial support.
Achim Steiner, director-general of IUCN, said the interaction will involve the Chinese government as well as a number of non-governmental organizations.
IUCN, also referred to as the World Conservation Union, is an international environmental "umbrella" organization. Founded in 1948 as one of the first international environmental bodies, IUCN's mission is to encourage and assist societies throughout the world to protect nature.
The agency started its work in China early this year with a biological diversity project at Dujiangyan, a historic city in southwest China's Sichuan Province, and efforts to reclaim
grassland in Inner Mongolia and protect the Tibetan antelopes.
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