jieyan wang
Jieyan Wang
specpol@worldmun.org
Jieyan Wang is a senior at Harvard College double concentrating in English and East Asian Studies with a language citation in French. Outside of WorldMUN, she works at the Harvard Art Museums as a student guide and sings in the Radcliffe Choral Society. She is from Idaho.
Topic: Preserving Biodiversity
What future, if any, is there for life on Earth? What will be the eventual state of the world we live in, and what can we do to secure a livable environment for the generations to come? These are some questions that SPECPOL will investigate with its topic at this year's iteration of WorldMUN: preserving biodiversity. The question of the preservation of biodiversity is a pressing one in our modern day society. Between 1970 and 2018, on average worldwide, wildlife populations have plummeted by nearly 70%. Environments that are crucial to the survival of a wide variety of species are also disappearing at an alarming rate; for instance, coral reefs, which are home to a quarter of known marine species, have disappeared by 14% since 2009. The loss of biodiversity in the world is not a hypothetical threat—it is a pressing situation that is continuously developing and affecting our present world. Delegates will have to demonstrate how the specific positionality of their nation can aid in the fight for biodiversity.