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Private sector engagement in biodiversity-related conventions - special focus on the sector of natural ingredients for the cosmetics and food industries

 

Description

Participant's presentations

On 11 May 2007, UNCTAD, in cooperation with the International Finance Cooperation (IFC), held a meeting to bring together the Secretariats of MEAs like CITES, CBD and Ramsar and members of the private sector involved in natural ingredients in the foods and cosmetics sector. Discussions and presentations addressed ways in which these conventions can better engage business in this particular sector and, reciprocally, how the private sector could contribute more to the implementation of these Agreements.

 

Business and the CBD: Opportunities for the natural ingredients sector

Nicolas Bertrand, CBD

 

BioTrade Ingredients and Cosmetics

Andre Jones, BioTrade Consultant

 

National focal points: engaging private sector in nimplementation of MEAs

José Andrés Diaz, Nativa

 

National focal points: what they should do to engage the private sector?

Pierre Charlier de Chily, Aldivia

Market recognition and sustainable schemes

Gus Le Breton, PhytoTrade Africa

Union for Ethical BioTrade: towards private sector engagement

Pierre Hauselmann & Gastón Vizcarra, UEBT Board Members