China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation

China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation is China's leading scientific society and dedicated to biodiversity conservation. It was originated from the native species Milu (Père David's Deer) reintroduction from United Kingdom in 1985. As China's leading environmental group, it carried out many research and conservation projects in the past years. Now the Beijing-based group has about 100 staff, a dozen Experts’ Committees, and tens of thousands of registered volunteers. 

As a licensed national-level fundraiser, the CBCGDF has funded over hundred grassroot environmental NGOs and individuals in the past 5 years. It has actively participated the whole process of the Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework. CBCGDF envisions a world where people prosper while living in harmony with nature. CBCGDF is an accredited organization to the UNEP, a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), an observer to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), a partner to the Convention on Migratory Species (UNEP/CMS), a member of the Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN), an observer to The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) , an observer to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) , a data publisher to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), an accredited organization to UN Environment, a member of CITES’s Standing Committee’s Intersessional Working Groups, a partner to the Global Footprint Network, and a member of the Global Compact.