Britain shows its determination to protect biodiversity

Original title: Britain shows its determination to protect biodiversity
In recent years, the British government has continuously demonstrated its determination in biodiversity conservation by amending the environmental law, supporting the proposal of the "global ocean alliance" to protect at least 30% of the world's oceans by 2030, promising to include 30% of England's land in nature conservation management by 2030, and planning to introduce the "net income from biodiversity" index.
After the United Kingdom signed the United Nations Convention on biological diversity in 1992, it established the England biodiversity group chaired by the Minister of environment, food and rural affairs. The group is responsible for integrating public and private sectors, think tanks, experts and scholars and other stakeholders to jointly promote the UK Biodiversity Action Plan and provide policy and financial support for land and marine ecological protection, combating illegal trade in rare animals, sustainable utilization of natural resources and promoting public awareness of biodiversity protection.
In 2010, the British government formulated biodiversity 2020: wildlife and ecosystem services strategy in England because the UK's biodiversity problem has not been fundamentally improved. The strategy gives local governments and institutions greater autonomy in biodiversity conservation. In January 2018, the British government officially released the environmental protection plan for the next 25 years, which aims to improve the natural environment in a generation. The plan proposes to establish a sustainable and resilient land, water and marine network to enrich vegetation and wildlife populations.
In recent years, the British government has continuously demonstrated its ambition in biodiversity conservation. In 2021, the Johnson Administration promoted the adoption of the amendment to the environment act, which set legal constraints on "achieving the restoration of natural and biodiversity in the UK by 2030", in order to reverse the trend of species reduction. In addition, as a founding member of the global ocean alliance, the UK supports the proposal of the global ocean alliance to protect at least 30% of the world's oceans by 2030. At the same time, the Johnson government also promised to bring 30% of England's land into nature conservation management by 2030. On the basis that the current national parks, natural scenic spots and other protected areas account for 26% of England's land, the new area of 400000 hectares of lakes and national parks will be protected to promote the restoration of natural resources, and £ 3 billion will be allocated for the conservation and restoration of biodiversity in the next five years. The British government also plans to introduce the indicator of "net biodiversity income". In the future, the planning and approval of new urban buildings will follow the standard of promoting the growth of net biodiversity income. It also discloses the financial risks related to the natural ecological environment in the process of enterprise operation, introduces the enterprise natural cost accounting system, so as to minimize the impact of enterprise operation and supply chain on the natural ecology, and link the enterprise value with the realization of ecological value.
Britain also attaches importance to international cooperation in biodiversity conservation. The Edinburgh declaration led by the Scottish regional government of the United Kingdom calls on parties to recognize the important role played by sub national governments in biodiversity action. More than 180 sub national and local governments have signed the Edinburgh declaration. The British government also established the "Darwin initiative" to provide funding for biodiversity conservation in developing countries, and established regional and global biodiversity conservation funds such as "Darwin +" and "meeting the challenge of illegal wildlife trade". (Economic Daily reporter Ma Pinyu)