Summitlinksbiodiversitywithculture

ByRENALIinMontreal|ChinaDailyGlobal|Updated:2022-12-1311:11AglobaldialogueonstrengtheningthelinksbetweennatureandculturestoachieveasustainableandecologicalcivilizationalsohighlightedtheachievementsandactionstakenbyChina.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“stress”probablymean?

A.pressureB.importanceC.illnessD.emphasize

Officials,expertsandnongovernmentalorganization(NGO)membersgatheredataNatureandCulturesummitduringthe15thmeetingoftheUnitedNations'ConferenceoftheParties(COP15)totheConventiononBiologicalDiversity(CBD)Dec11-12,insupportoftheimplementationofthepost-2020GlobalBiodiversityFramework(GBF).Inhisopeningremarks,HuangRunqiu,theChineseministerofecologyandenvironmentandthepresidentofCOP15,

stressed

theimportanceofculturaldiversity,especiallytheexperienceandknowledgefromminoritygroups.

Forexample,Yunnanprovince,wherethefirstphaseoftheCOP15meetingwasheld,ishometo26traditionalethnicgroupsand15uniqueminoritygroups,formingaseriesoftraditionalecologicalculturessuchastheHaniTerraceCulture,NaxiDongbaCulture,DaiLongMountainCulture,andTibetanHolyLandCulture.Theirworldviews,culturalvaluesandidentitiesarecloselyconnectedtonature,aspertheirsaying,"Humansandnaturearehalf-brothers".Huangurgedprotectingbiodiversitybyproposingto"fullyrespectandprotect"thetraditionalculturesinvariousplacesandlettheculturalawarenessofbiodiversityprotectionbepassedon"fromgenerationtogeneration".tradiitionA.traditionalB.traditionallyvalueA.valuableB.valuesvaryA.variousB.variety

Healsocalledforstrengtheningmutuallearningandcommunicationbetweendifferentcultures."Weneedtopromoteequalexchangesanddialoguesbetweendifferentcivilizationsandcultures,learnfromeachotherandactivelypromotetheprocessofglobalbiodiversitygovernance,"Huangtoldthesummit.SituatedintheEasternHimalayaswithalandareaof394,000squarekilometers,Yunnan'secosystemrangesfromlowtropicalforeststoalpinepasturesasoneof36globalbiodiversityhotspots.strengthA.strengtheningB.strengthenactiveA.activityB.activelyA.SituatedB.SituatingsituateWorldshouldaddresshungercrisis

ByQuSixi|ChinaDaily|Updated:2022-12-2807:22JINDING/CHINADAILYWhatdoestheunderlinedword“address”

referto?A.dealwithB.aformalspeechC.detailsofwheresblivesorworks

Globally,2022beganwithsevereuncertaintyasaCOVID-19relapsethreatenedtoprolongthepandemic.ConflictandclimateeventsandtheUkrainecrisiscontinuedtoexacerbateuncertaintiesandputthemostvulnerablefurtheratrisk.

IamtryingtosoundthealarmaboutthisasloudlyasIcan.Theglobalfoodcrisisjustcontinuestointensify,andthingsaregoingtogetworsein2023.

Somaliaisonthefrontlineofthiscrisis,facingtheimpactofclimatechange—seeingitsworstdroughtin40years.Cropsarefailing,livestockaredyingandmillionsofpeoplearefacingstarvation.Thisisinjustonecornerofourplanet;peopleinotherplacesarealsoontheedgeoffamine.Whichisnotthedifficultsituationmentionedinthetext?A.risingunemploymentB.extremeclimateC.UkrainecrisisD.severefamineWhichcanbelearntinthetext?A.COVID-19isnotabigproblemin2022.B.Theglobalfoodcrisisisbecomingworseandworse.C.ThepeopleinSomaliadon'tneedtoworryaboutextremeclimatechange.D.Theauthorbelievesthattheyear2023willbeeasierforus.

TheWorldFoodProgramme'slatestanalysishasfoundthat,currently,349millionpeopleacross79countriesarefacingacute,orcrisis-level,foodinsecurity—upfrom282millionatthestartofthecalendaryear.Thisisarecordhighandmorethan2.5timesthenumberofpeopleexperiencingcrisislevelsofhungerbeforethepandemicbegan.It'shardtobelievethatthisnumberwasonly80millionpeoplejustafewyearsago.

Amongthe349millionfacingfoodinsecurity,some49millionpeoplelivingin49countriesarejustonestepawayfromfamine.Mostworryingofall,nowalmostonemillionpeoplearelivinginfamine-likeconditions—over300,000inSomaliaalone,therestinAfghanistan,Ethiopia,SouthSudanandYemen.WhathasbeenfoundbytheWorldFoodProgramme?A.282millionpeoplearefacingseverefoodinsecuritynow.B.Thenumberofpeoplewhosufferfromhungerisincreasingsharply.C.49millionpeoplelivingin49countryhavealreadysufferedfromthefoodcrisis.D.Thenumberofpeolewhoexperiencecrisislevelsofhungerpriortothepandemicis80million.

Intheshortterm,anurgentandcoordinatedmultilateraleffortacrossgovernments,institutions,theprivatesectorandcivilsocietyisneededtoavoidanevenmoresevereglobalhungercrisisin2023,includingsupportingsocialprotectionsystemsandstrengtheningnationalfoodsystems.Forexample,wecanreachmorepeopleandcreatemoreresilient,equitableandefficientfoodsystemsbydeliveringhome-grownschoolmealprograms.

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