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NRDC and its partners organized the third workshop of the Wildlife Law and Governance Workshop series on May 20. The theme of this event was “We’re Part of the Solution”, the same theme as this year’s Biodiversity Day on May 22. The workshop featured presentations and remarks from Professor Jiang Zhigang, one of the top species protection scientists from China Academy of Science and a leading author of China’s protected species lists, and Professor Qin Tianbao, a well-known environmental law expert from Wuhan University who attended the CBD negotiations. The experts shared their views on how the species lists reflect the biodiversity crisis and how those lists support biodiversity law and policy making. Recommendations made by the experts were shared with policy makers after the workshop. Southern Weekly, one of the most well-regarded media outlets in China, interviewed Professor Qin and published an in-depth piece on biodiversity laws and regulations.