BEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations has proclaimed May 22 The International Day for Biological Diversity to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues. This year's theme is "We're part of the solution."
From nature-based solutions to climate, health issues, food and water security, and sustainable livelihoods, biodiversity is the foundation upon which we can build back better.
China, a country with some of the richest biological resources in the world, has put biodiversity conservation high on its domestic policy agenda amid efforts to achieve harmony between humans and nature and foster green, eco-friendly and sustainable growth.
A flock of water birds forage in the Minjiang River estuary nature reserve in southeast China's Fujian Province, April 20, 2021. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)
Photo taken on Jan. 13, 2021 shows herons flying over a village by the Poyang Lake in Duchang County, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)
Photo taken on May 28, 2020 shows fishes and sea anemone at a marine ranch in the sea area of Wuzhizhou Island in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)
A bird bathes at the "bird pond" built by Hou Tiguo in Baihualing, a village sitting at the eastern foot of the Gaoligong Mountains, Baoshan City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, on Dec. 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)■
