DDG Mr. LIU Ning’s remark at the high-level panel. TEEB AgriFood Global Symposium 7-9 November, Bangkok.

Ladies and gentlemen, Good afternoon! My name is Liu Ning deputy director general in the department of nature conservation ministry of ecology and environment china and I am in charge of the biodiversity policy in China Also the chair of steering committee of TEEB project in China. [...] The Economics of the Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) is a comprehensive system of methodology for the valuation, demonstration and policy application of value in biodiversity and ecosystem services led by UNEP. [...] TEEB integrates professional knowledge in ecological, economic and policy areas, evaluates and publicizes the value of biodiversity based on the understanding of the relationship between biodiversity and human well-being, and finally promotes the formulation of policies on biodiversity conservation and sustainable utilization. [...] China’s revised NBSAP also emphasizes the importance of mainstreaming biodiversity and its multiple values, and will continue to integrate biodiversity conservation objectives and its multiple values into the economic and social development plans of governments at all levels and the medium- and long-term development plans, work plans and relevant action plans of related departments in the future. [...] China will continue to improve the mechanism for realizing the value of biodiversity, step up the improvement of sustainable and market- based ways to realize the value of ecological goods that feature government leadership and participation from enterprises and all social sectors, continue to mainstream biodiversity and its value, and advance the protection and sustainable utilization of biodiver.