A forum titled "Lucid Waters and Lush Mountains are Invaluable Assets: from Concept to Practice" is held during COP15 in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, October 14, 2021. /CGTN

To tackle problems caused by environmental crises, international organizations have been deeply cooperating with China and applying the country's experience in other places around the world.

At a forum titled "Lucid Waters and Lush Mountains are Invaluable Assets: from Concept to Practice" during the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity on Thursday, foreign experts shared about their organizations' cooperation with China.

"When we think about how to best value and protect our natural capital, we must also consider the interconnected issues of climate change, nature and poverty and seek holistic solutions that can address those interlinked challenges," said Xiaoting Hou-Jones, senior researcher at the International Institute for Environment (IIED).

Hou-Jones said that the IIED has been working with 15 different partners, including the Farmers' Seed Network in China, and has learned from 13 real-life cases involving diverse ecosystems and a wide range of contexts.

"All the case studies offered great insights on how to best address those interlinked challenges and can offer some inspirations on how in practice we can ensure nature can help people thrive despite climate change and that we can realize the great vision behind the ethos 'lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets,'" she emphasized.

"Under China's leadership, we all expect to see a new Global Biodiversity Framework adopted at the second part of the Conference of Parties for the Convention on Biological Diversity next year," said Doreen Robinson, head of biodiversity and land at the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).

Robinson said that UNEP has been working with China to provide support for China's citizens while also developing models and tools for the world, and with China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment to conduct assessment for agriculture and food systems.