Guilin in South China Becomes Part of the CitiesWithNature Initiative
On October 26, during the 8th Summit for Subnational Governments and Cities, Guilin City, located in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of southern China, became a participant in the CitiesWithNature initiative.
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On Saturday, Guilin City in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of southern China became part of the CitiesWithNature initiative during the 8th Summit for Subnational Governments and Cities, a parallel event to the 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity taking place in Cali, Colombia.
Supported by partners including Local Governments for Sustainability, The Nature Conservancy, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature, along with various international collaborators, CitiesWithNature serves as the largest global platform for exchanging knowledge and case studies related to urban and local biodiversity conservation. It provides cities with an array of guidelines, tools, and case studies to reassess their interactions with nature and work towards coexistence.
At COP15 in 2022, six cities in China – Kunming, Chengdu, Huzhou, Nanyang, Jiaxing, and Shenzhen – were acknowledged within the CitiesWithNature initiative. With this latest addition, Guilin becomes the first city in Guangxi to gain such recognition.
Guilin is situated in Guangxi, recognized as one of the 25 biodiversity hotspots around the world and ranking third in China for biodiversity richness. The city plays a vital role in biodiversity conservation in the region, boasting 638 known terrestrial vertebrate species, 3,120 species of wild vascular plants, and 32 nature reserves that collectively span 624,100 hectares.
In recent years, Guilin has been dedicated to transforming the Lijiang River Basin, which flows through the city, into a model of comprehensive river basin management, both nationally and internationally. The city's goal is to establish a standard for ecological protection and present the world with a replicable "Guilin Experience."
Alejandro Jose Martinez contributed to this report for TROIB News
Supported by partners including Local Governments for Sustainability, The Nature Conservancy, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature, along with various international collaborators, CitiesWithNature serves as the largest global platform for exchanging knowledge and case studies related to urban and local biodiversity conservation. It provides cities with an array of guidelines, tools, and case studies to reassess their interactions with nature and work towards coexistence.
At COP15 in 2022, six cities in China – Kunming, Chengdu, Huzhou, Nanyang, Jiaxing, and Shenzhen – were acknowledged within the CitiesWithNature initiative. With this latest addition, Guilin becomes the first city in Guangxi to gain such recognition.
Guilin is situated in Guangxi, recognized as one of the 25 biodiversity hotspots around the world and ranking third in China for biodiversity richness. The city plays a vital role in biodiversity conservation in the region, boasting 638 known terrestrial vertebrate species, 3,120 species of wild vascular plants, and 32 nature reserves that collectively span 624,100 hectares.
In recent years, Guilin has been dedicated to transforming the Lijiang River Basin, which flows through the city, into a model of comprehensive river basin management, both nationally and internationally. The city's goal is to establish a standard for ecological protection and present the world with a replicable "Guilin Experience."
Alejandro Jose Martinez contributed to this report for TROIB News
