China unveiled new ambitions for wetlands conservation during the 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP14), including incorporating 11 million hectares of wetlands in the national park system.
This photo taken on July 1, 2021 shows waterfowls at the Bird Island wetland at Qinghai Lake in northwest China s Qinghai Province. Qinghai Lake, located in northwest China s Qinghai Province, is China s largest inland saltwater lake. It is a major transit point for migratory birds from Central Asia to India and East Asia to Australia.