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November 2023 international forum on species in Haikou, China


Extensive social engagement is required to conserve species at risk of extinction. The development of national eco- security systems (NESS) encompassing both ecological sys- tems (e.g. protected areas) and social management systems (e.g. legal frameworks) is crucial given that biodiversity declines could potentially result in damage to ecosystem services vital for human wellbeing. The inaugural NESS International Science Congress and


Workshop on an Eco-Security System for All People (the NESS Congress) held in Haikou, China, in 2022 under- scored the urgent need to preserve the ecological conditions needed for the survival of humanity. The congress launched the One Target–An Eco-Security System for All People (Haikou) Initiative, a call to scientists worldwide to form a collaborative consensus on eco-security. Currently, the Haikou Initiative has garnered support from experts in 129 countries, with over 40 nations establishing NESS expert networks. In the November 2023 NESS Congress there were five


forums, including an inaugural forum on species, coordi- nated by the IUCN Species Survival Commission China Species Specialist Group in partnership with Shenzhen University and the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Nineteen experts from 14 countries delivered talks on the fundamental role of species conservation in supporting the Haikou Initiative.


The forumurged species experts and institutions tomoni-


tor eco-security for thewellbeing of humanity. It emphasized the need for research and awareness initiatives that highlight the crucial role of species in providing eco-security. Proposed measures include the establishment of fungi commissions and a dedicated commission for criteria and indicators to achieve the objectives of theHaikou Initiative.This collabora- tive, multifaceted approach aims to strengthen ecological resilience to ensure the survival of humanity.


YAN XIE1,2 (xieyan@ioz.ac.cn), AMAËL BORZÉE1 ,


KIT-YUE KWAN1 ,JOHN MACKINNON1,HAICHAO ZHOU1, ERIC AMECA1,CRISTIAN BONACIC3 ,BO CAI1,2, TOPILTZIN CONTRERAS-MACBEATH1 ,KEITH CRANDALL1 , ALOK DAS1,ABRAHAM DESALEGN4,MAXIMIN DJONDO5, WEIDONG LI1,GREGORY MUELLER1 ,SERIGNE SARR6, META SINDANI7 ,MANFREDO TURCIOS-CASCO1,8 and


XINQUAN ZHAO9 1IUCN Species Survival Commission, Gland, Switzerland. 2Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing and Chengdu, China. 3Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. 4Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania. 5IHE Delft Institute forWater Education, Delft, Netherlands. 6Université Alioune Diop de Bambey, Bambey, Senegal. 7Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Juba, South Sudan. 8ASICH, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. 9Qinghai University, Xining, China


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Oryx, 2024, 58(2), 145–154 © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Fauna & Flora International doi:10.1017/S003060532400005X


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