Seminar on endangered species for developing countries begins

Sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce and organized by the National Academy of Forestry and Grassland Administration, the opening ceremony of the Seminar on Import and Export Management and Protection of Endangered Species for Developing Countries was held on Thursday.

The seminar lasts for two weeks. A total of 38 officials and experts from seven developing countries, including Türkiye, Sierra Leone, Iran, Ethiopia, Thailand, Nigeria and Egypt, are invited to attend the seminar. As a China-aided program, the seminar invites Chinese experts, researchers and professors from institutions, universities and related departments to share knowledge, experience, and cases of endangered species conservation and its import and export management. Major topics include China's implementation of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, biodiversity conservation in China, employment of DNA technology to end threatened tree trafficking, etc.

The seminar provides a platform for mutual learning and multilateral cooperation in endangered species conservation among developing countries. It also contributes Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to the cause of building a community of life between man and nature.