From November 5 to 6, more than 200 people from 12 provinces and municipalities in the Yangtze River basin, co-hosted by the Wetland Management Department of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration, WWF (Switzerland) Beijing, Hunan Provincial Forestry Bureau and Changde Wetland Protection Committee, focused on the theme of "Coalescing Social Cooperation and Protecting Yangtze River Wetlands" to discuss the protection of Yangtze River wetlands. Wu Zhimin, director of the wetland management department of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration, Hu Changqing, party secretary and director of the Hunan Provincial Forestry Bureau, Zhou Fei, deputy director general of the WWF (Switzerland) Beijing Representative Office, Zou Wenhui, deputy secretary of the Changde Municipal Party Committee and mayor, and Gong Dehan, vice mayor of the municipal government, attended the meeting.
During the conference, participants focused on "Future Hotspots and Policy Opportunities for Wetland Conservation", "Social Participation in Wetland Conservation", "Nature Education for Wetland Conservation in Yangtze River", and "Embracing the 5G Era and Developing Wetlands". "Embracing the 5G Era and Developing Smart Wetlands", "Ecotourism, Wetlands in Poetry and Far Away" and other topics, and widely exchanged management experiences of wetland protection and restoration.
Wu Zhimin, director of the wetland management department of the National Forestry and Grassland Bureau, pointed out that wetlands are important natural resources and unique ecosystems, and the Yangtze River basin has a complete range of wetland types and rich resources, which play an important role in promoting social and economic development, ecological civilization and the construction of a beautiful China. Since the 18th Party Congress, the National Forestry and Grassland Bureau has strived to implement Xi Jinping's thought of ecological civilization, in-depth implementation of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions and instructions on the work of wetlands and ecological protection of the Yangtze River, and take multiple measures to strengthen the protection and restoration of wetlands in the Yangtze River basin. He stressed that the next step should further strengthen the construction of the legal system for the protection of wetlands in the Yangtze River basin, strengthen law enforcement and supervision; prudently handle the relationship between protection and development, to achieve the harmonious coexistence of man and nature; scientifically carry out wetland protection and restoration, from single-factor management to integrated management of the ecosystem, according to local conditions, leaving sufficient ecological space for natural recovery; further enhance the role of the platform of the Yangtze River wetland protection network, social cohesion To further enhance the role of the platform of Yangtze River wetland protection network, to pool social efforts to protect the Yangtze River wetlands.
Hu Changqing, Party Secretary and Director of Hunan Provincial Forestry Bureau, said in his speech that in recent years, Hunan Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government deeply implement the general requirements of General Secretary Xi Jinping on the development of Yangtze River Economic Belt, "grasp the big protection, not to engage in big development" and the important instruction of "guarding the blue water of the river" when visiting Hunan. "It has basically formed a pattern of all-round protection, all-round restoration and all-society participation, laying a solid foundation for building a strong ecological province. Forestry departments around the Dongting Lake to clear the black poplar, repair the traces, rectify the dwarf fence, around the "four waters" watershed to implement the return of wetlands to the forest, to create ecological connotation belt, so that the mother lake, the mother river initial beautiful butterfly transformation. In the next stage, the province's forestry sector will bear in mind the ardent wishes of General Secretary Xi Jinping, in-depth implementation of the Yangtze River economic belt development strategy, hand in hand with sister provinces and cities in the Yangtze River basin, real work, long-term efforts, and strive to leave a clean and beautiful Yangtze River to future generations.
Zhou Fei, Deputy Director General of WWF (Switzerland) Beijing, suggested that from a global perspective, nature has suffered an unprecedented level of damage. At the same time, our generation holds in its hands a valuable opportunity to turn this situation around. Our generation has the science and technology to clearly see the consequences of damaging nature, and the Yangtze River Wetland Network, currently the largest wetland network in the world, is one of the solutions we have to deal with these consequences. Twenty years ago, WWF was a one-way introduction of advanced international experience to China; now we are able to channel Chinese wisdom to the world, which is a source of pride for the Yangtze River and China. General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized the top-level design of "Yangtze River Protection" on different occasions, and has also repeatedly mentioned the requirement of modernizing the national governance system and capacity. The new information on wetland governance mentioned in this annual meeting of the Yangtze River Network is our effort to modernize the governance capacity of wetlands.
Zou Wenhui, the mayor of Changde, said in his speech that the Changde Municipal Party Committee, the municipal government and the people of the city are deeply practicing Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, firmly establishing the concept of "green water and green mountains are golden mountains", resolutely fighting the battle of pollution prevention and control, continuously strengthening wetland protection and restoration, and the green water and green mountains have become the most distinctive color and the most beautiful business card of Changde. The 2020 Yangtze River Wetland Protection Network Annual Meeting and Wetland Management Training Course was held in Changde, which is a high affirmation of Changde's wetland protection work, and a great encouragement and spur to us. As an important node city in Yangtze River Economic Belt and Dongting Lake Ecological Economic Zone, Changde will thoroughly implement the important instruction of the General Secretary, learn from the advanced experience from all over the world, adhere to the total protection, do not engage in large development, restore large ecology, promote large collaboration, firmly guard the bottom line of ecological civilization, come out of a new way of ecological priority and green development in Dongting Lake area, and contribute to the improvement of the ecological environment of Yangtze River Basin in Changde.
Party Secretary and Director of Changde Forestry Bureau Guan Jianfeng said in sharing Changde's experience that in recent years, we insist on ecological priority, comprehensive protection, scientific utilization and sustainable development, take the creation of international wetland city as a grasp, vigorously promote the development of modern forestry, comprehensively strengthen wetland protection and restoration, and have won the honorary titles of the world's first international wetland city, national model greening city, national forest city, etc., which powerfully The conference was held in Beijing, China.
During the conference, we also jointly released the "Gathering Social Cooperation to Protect Yangtze River Wetlands - Changde Initiative", issuing an initiative to the society: further consolidate the protection achievements and improve the protection measures; further gather social consensus to protect a river of blue water; further summarize the network experience to achieve leapfrog development.
In the morning of the 6th, the participants went to the city urban planning museum, the boat dock machine port, the moon bay dock, the Daxiao river street dock, Binhu Park and other places for site visits.