Expanding Private Capital Investment in Universities to Biodiversity Conservation

Dasheng Liu; Xin Chen; Liangjun Da; Ziqiang Du; Xiaolong Hu; Hongyan Liu; Rui Wang; Qiang Wang; Nanjing Zhao

doi:10.70322/ecoldivers.2025.10010

Ecol. Divers. ›› 2025, Vol. 2 ›› Issue (3) :10010 DOI: 10.70322/ecoldivers.2025.10010

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Expanding Private Capital Investment in Universities to Biodiversity Conservation

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¹ Ecological Society of Shandong, Jinan 250012, China

² College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China

³ Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovation Research, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China

⁴ Institute of Loess Plateau, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China

⁵ School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China

⁶ Department of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

⁷ State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China

⁸ Shandong Provincial Forestry Protection and Development Service Center, Jinan 250014, China

⁹ Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China

^* Email: ecologyliu@163.com (D.L.)

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Biodiversity is essential for human well-being, and serves as the green engine for education, science, technology and health. China’s prosperous private entrepreneurs have established hundreds of private colleges and universities with several newcomers positioned as world-class research universities. Unfortunately, biodiversity conservation education and researches appear overlooked in these institutions. Universities, particularly the top-tier universities, serve as critical hubs where talent, knowledge, and technology concentrate. Private capital’s flexible management framework and rapid response to emerging academic disciplines enable universities, enterprises, and markets to collaborate effectively in developing tools and equipment for biodiversity assessment and monitoring. Expanding huge private capital investment in universities to biodiversity conservation could spur broader investment in ecological products in the future, while would also offer an opportunity for the universities to achieve their ambitions.

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Biodiversity conservation / Education / Colleges and universities / Private capital / Investment

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Dasheng Liu, Xin Chen, Liangjun Da, Ziqiang Du, Xiaolong Hu, Hongyan Liu, Rui Wang, Qiang Wang, Nanjing Zhao. Expanding Private Capital Investment in Universities to Biodiversity Conservation. Ecol. Divers., 2025, 2(3): 10010 DOI:10.70322/ecoldivers.2025.10010

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Conceptualization, D.L., L.D., Z.D. and H.L.; Writing—Original Draft Preparation, all authors; Writing—Review & Editing, D.L., Z.D., X.H. and H.L.; Supervision, D.L. All authors have read and agreed to publish the manuscript.

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