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China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF)
The China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF) is a proactive environmental Non-governmental organization  and a social legal entity which works to protect the environment, preserve natural resources and biodiversity in China and all around the globe. The foundation was founded in 1985 by Lv Zhengcao, Qian Changzhao and Bao Erhan, the former vice-chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee to support the breeding and popularization of endangered Milu deer specie which was reintroduced back to China at that time. And it has worked since then on a number of resource management, environmental protection and conservation projects across China. Mr Hu Deping is the current Chairman of the Foundation and Dr. Zhou Jinfeng is its Secretary General.

The Foundation is made up of several expert committees for biodiversity conservation comprising of dozens of academicians of the Chinese academy of engineering and many experts in environmental ecology and law commission made up of many lawyers and scholars.

The foundation is involved in conservation efforts in a number of ways. It engages in lobbying the conservation work to community level through its Community conservation Areas (also called CCAfa) which it established in the year 2016 having till date over 70 CCAfas all round different Chinese cities. It also has a number of educational initiatives both to raise awareness of Environmental issues in China and to encourage sustainable practices. It works with higher education, primary and secondary schools and with a large network of wildlife volunteers through local initiatives in target areas to ensure we have a safe environment for us all.

Its scientific staff is engaged in research and management plans in reserve wildlife habitat across the country. It also advises industry and government bodies on sustainable development and environmental impacts for their projects in several cities in China.

On the path of safeguarding public interests, since the revision of the new environmental Law giving non-governmental organizations the right to sue polluters on behalf of the public, the foundation has filed quite a number of Environmental Public Interest Litigation (EPIL) Cases against polluters and habitat destroyers causing harm to the environment and the people and animals living around it.

The foundation also promotes environmental tourism and faith based conservation with the goal of expanding awareness of the countries natural resources and also creating economic incentives for a continued and expanded preservation.

The CBCGDF has partnerships and international collaborations with a number of international environmental groups such World Wildlife Fund (WWF), United Nations Environment (UN Environment), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)，Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), CITES and International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

In 2016, it signed a partnership agreement with CMS making it the first Chinese organization to be partners with the CMS and in the process it also establish an initiative called the Ecological Belt and Road Initiative(EBRs).