Recently, the 2023 World Coastal Forum with the theme of "Coastal Conservation Knowledge of Migratory Species and Habitat" was held in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province. The forum was co-sponsored by the Department of Wildlife Conservation of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration and the East Asian-Australia Flyway Partnership Agreement (EAAFP), and jointly hosted by the Forest and Grassland Survey and Planning Institute of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, the Forestry Bureau of Jiangsu Province, and the Beijing Forestry University. More than 200 delegates from more than 50 countries and organizations attended the forum. Aiming at the protection needs of migratory species and gathering global wisdom, the forum included multi-party speeches, keynote reports and discussions. Vice President Cheng Wu attended the forum and delivered a speech.

Cheng Wu pointed out that BFU has always taken the construction of ecological civilization as the foundation of the development. Aiming at protecting the life community of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasses and sand, BFU comprehensively promotes international scientific and technological cooperation on global environmental governance. In the field of global biodiversity conservation, especially the research and protection of large-scale migratory species, BFU established the Center of East Asia-Australasian Flyway (CEAAF) in 2018 to mainly undertake the tasks of EAAFP and to provide scientific and technological services for the Partnership Agreement.

At the meeting, BFU and EAAFP jointly launched an initiative to invite universities and research institutions from various countries to engage in migratory waterbirds and wetlands researches for the establishment an East Asia-Australasia Flyway Education Cooperation Alliance, strengthening the knowledge of migratory flyway ecology, environmental science, and biodiversity conservation, and cultivating future leaders. In the future, the Alliance will focus on joint talent training, key issues in the flyway zone, innovative scientific programs, collaborative research, and monitoring of migration routes.

Professor Lei Guangchun from the School of Ecology and Nature Conservation of BFU introduced the collaborative conservation of wetlands and migratory waterbirds. Sun Lili, a PhD student of BFU, co-founder of the Mangrove Conservation Foundation (MCF) and president of the International Spoon-billed Sandpiper Action Group, shared the case of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper protection and mangrove forest conservation, and discussed with other guests about the multi-collaborative conservation of migratory species.

The relevant person in charge of the International Exchange and Cooperation Department attended the meeting.