China’s researchers have valuable experiences that the world needs to hear about

China’s researchers have valuable experiences that the world needs to hear about

Let’s hear from China’s researchers

China will host an international environmental meeting next year — the UN biodiversity conference known as COP15 — and the stakes are too high to fail. A Nature editorial calls on its researchers to take the lead in sharing their decades of experience of studying how to — and how not to — balance economic development with controlling species and ecosystems loss. In turn, other nations’ researchers must be equally forthcoming with their knowledge. “All sides must put aside political differences,” argues the editorial. “The best way to preserve and revive biodiversity is to acknowledge where we’ve all failed it before, to learn from that and to try again, together.”

Nature | 6 min read