Biodiversity and ecosystem services

China is a key member of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) which aims to improve the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity resources and reverse trends of extinction. China is one of only ten mega-diversity countries in the world, thus a major emphasis of UNDP support in on ways to implement the UNCBD through strategic partnerships and actions at national and local levels. Through the support of the Global Environment Facility and key bilateral, NGO and private sector partners, UNDP has been providing assistance in China since the mid-1990s in the area of biodiversity conservation, piloting innovative models for the increased integration of biodiversity into economic development plans and programmes. Today the results of these activities are being upscaled through national efforts to ensure that biodiversity is more fully mainstreamed into China’s development programmes.

UNDP partners with UNEP, the World Bank, the State Environmental Protection Administration, the State Forestry Administration, the Ministry of Agriculture, the State Ocean Administration, TNC, WWF, IUCN and various other partners to improve biodiversity governance through establishment of a new, unprecedented China Biodiversity Partnership Framework (CBPF), a flagship UN programme to support joint analysis, programming and monitoring of results among government agencies, donors and NGOs active on biodiversity conservation in China. Particular attention will be placed on mainstreaming biodiversity issues into local development and investment decision-making, and improving compliance and enforcement measures to reduce trends of degradation.

UNDP will also work with local government, universities and NGOs to support on-the-ground capacity building projects that emphasize ecosystem-based approaches and ways to integrate biodiversity into productive landscapes for poverty reduction in Western China, from mountain ecosystems in Tibet and Yunnan provinces to dryland ecosystems in Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia provinces. Priority ecosystems will also include wetlands, coastal and marine ecosystems, and agro-ecosystems. Emphasis will be placed on innovative strategies including use of eco-compensation approaches and use of citizen participation in decision-making.

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On-going Projects
  • Biodiversity Management in the Coastal Area of China's South Sea

  • Biodiversity Conservation in Natural Forests in Tropical and Subtropical China

  • Wetlands biodivesity and sustainable use in China

  • Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Wild Relatives of Crops in China

  • EU-China Biodiversity Programme

  • Integrating Biodiversity Considerations into Strategic Environmental Assessment of Mining and Tourism Development Plans

  • An Innovative Model for Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development in Northwest Yunnan

  • Governance, Capacity and Social Responsibility in Wetland Biodiversity Conservation in Anqing, Anhui Province

  • Biodiversity Conservation in the Limestone Area of Southwest Guangxi, China

  • Integrated Management of Wetlands in Ruoergai Plateau and Altai Mountains to Support Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development

  • Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Natural Resource Use in the Chang Tang Region of Tibet

  • Biodiversity Conservation Planning,Capacity and Demonstration in Lhaza Municipality , Tibet

  • Sustainable Management of Traditional Medicinal Plants in High-biodiversity Landscapes of Upper Yangtze Ecoregion

  • Sustainable Agro-biodiversity Management in the Mountain Areas of Southern China

  • Community-Based Conservation in Qinghai and Sichuan

  • Integrated Biodiversity Conservation in the Headwaters of the Huaihe River Basin

  • Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of the Hulunbeir Grasslands

  • Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation and Capacity Building in Chongqing Municipality

  • Model Development and Capacity Building for Agro-Biodiversity Innovation and System Management

  • Alashan Biodiversity Conservation Project

  • Towards Improved Biodiversity Governance?Case Studies in Xinjiang and Policy Implications to the Nation

  • Integration of Biodiversity into China¡¯s Land Use Planning and Land Consolidation


    • Press Releases
    China Sets Reducing Biodiversity Loss A Long-Term Priority - 25 August 2010

    Fighting against global extinction - 21 May 2007
    UNDP signs five grant agreements to protect biodiversity in China as the world marks the International Day for Biological Diversity.


    China and UN forge partnership to preserve marine biodiversity - 04 February 2005
    UNDP and the SOA launch an eight-year project to help maintain marine biological diversity through a variety of biodiversity management approaches and through raising local officials? and communities? awareness and abilities in biodiversity preservation.
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