Jacaranda trees in full bloom in #Kunming, southwest #China's #Yunnan Province.

China-Laos Railway starts cross-border passenger services.

The #China-#Laos #Railway started cross-border passenger services on Thursday, a move that is expected to boost regional connectivity.

The first passenger train departed from #Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, at 8:08 a.m. (#Beijing Time), heading for the Lao capital Vientiane.
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China-Laos Railway starts cross-border passenger services on Thursday

The first passenger train departed from #Kunming , capital of southwest #China 's Yunnan Province, at 8:08 a.m. (Beijing Time), heading for the Lao capital #Vientiane .

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#クリィミーマミ
#Kunming 1990

#China: A major programme of modernisation, track doubling and construction of new alignments to increase speeds and capacity on the #Chengdu – #Kunming axis is completed https://bit.ly/3Xmwypd

#Marine #Stewardship #Council:

"Data on #fish catch that is certified to the MSC Standard and the number of MSC #Chain of #Custody (supply chain certification) holders by country, are official indicators in the #Kunming-#Montreal #Global #Biodiversity #Framework for two of its 23 targets. One target relates to the sustainable management and trade of wild species and the second relates to the integration of biodiversity #values into #economies."

#COP15

https://www.msc.org/en-us/media-center/news-media/press-release/msc-standards-become-un-indicators-in-landmark-deal-to-preserve-global-biodiversity

From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh:

"Perhaps the main concern surrounding the #Kunming-#Montreal #Global #Biodiversity #Framework
is that, while it says many positive things, the ‘devil will be in the detail’ – of which there is precious little. With the exception of 30×30, the Targets contain few quantitative statements, rendering progress difficult to monitor and accountability hard to achieve."

#COP15

https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/37108

There were a few quick takes after the #COP15 #agreement, but they were pretty vague. Now that various groups and organizations have had time to digest things a bit, I thought I'd start a 🧵 to catalog more detailed responses as those often get lost after the first flurry.

So, to start, here are the #Kunming-#Montreal Global #Biodiversity #Framework's goals and targets, along with links to various related documents:

https://www.cbd.int/article/cop15-cbd-press-release-final-19dec2022

‘The perfect is the enemy of the good’ says #Mexico, and urges parties to accept the #Montreal-#Kunming package as a whole. Big applause. @CBD_COP15@twitter.com @GYBN_CBD@twitter.com #COP15

Weltnaturkonferenz zu Artensterben begonnen

Trotz der Dringlichkeit, gegen das #Artensterben vorzugehen, wurden Erwartungen für die Beratungen heruntergeschraubt. Bei dem Treffen soll zunächst nur eine „Erklärung von #Kunming“ verabschiedet werden. Es soll weitere Verhandlungen im Jänner vorbereiten, bevor die Strategie bei einem Präsenztreffen von 25. April bis 8. Mai in Kunming verabschiedet werden soll.

https://orf.at/stories/3231930/