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October 2007 |
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ExpoSustentat
16-18 October 2007, São Paulo (Brazil)
Description:
Researches show that the consumer
chooses products associated to an ethical social attitude and
with environmental responsability. It was needed an
international marketplace to promote these companies and
organisations commited with sustainability and their results.
This marketplace was launched in November 2005, in Brazil,
concurrent to BioFach América Latina: it is called ExpoSustentat.
For more information, please click
here.
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June 2007 |
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Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES
3-15 June 2007, The Hague (Netherlands)
Description:
The Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) will
hold its next triennial conference in The Hague from 3 to 15
June to decide how to improve the wildlife trade regime.
Among other issues, the
participating Governments will consider some
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new proposals for amending the rules for specific species.
Many of these proposals reflect growing international concern
about the accelerating destruction of the world’s marine and
forest resources through overfishing and excessive logging.
For
more information, please click
here.
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May 2007 |
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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
11 May 2007 (am), Geneva
Organisers: UNCTAD
and IFC
Description:
UNCTAD, in cooperation
with the International Finance Cooperation (IFC),
will be holding 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 will address 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.
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2nd Meeting of the
Ad-hoc working group on biodiversity agreements and economic
issues
11 May 2007 (pm), Geneva
Organisers: UNCTAD
Description:
The Ad-hoc
working group was formed and has committed itself to work on the
issues of private sector engagement, incentive measures and
international trade within the scope of individual mandates of the
various biodiversity-related conventions.
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February/March 2007 |
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BTFP Regional workshop:
UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative - BTFP - Andean BioTrade Programme
26 February-1 March 2007,
Quito, Ecuador
Organisers: UNCTAD BTFP and the Andean Community (CAN)
Description:
Actors from the
BioTrade National Programmes and the private sector will
discuss and exchange information on UNCTAD BTFP and the
Andean BioTrade Programme.
The topics addressed by the workshop include:
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Future
activities within the framework of the
Andean and Amazon BioTrade
Programmes.
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Concrete results from processes initiated in 2006 by the BTFP, such
as the formulation of the Union for
Ethical BioTrade (UEBT), guidelines for the equitable sharing of
benefits, and the impact and information assessment systems.
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Proposed work plans and processes already underway in projects
belonging to the Andean and Amazon BioTrade Programmes.
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The
second phase of BTFP.
Within this framework, UNCTAD BTFP and
the Secretary-General of CAN have invited different actors from the
programmes and the private sector to participate in the discussions.
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December 2006 |
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BTFP Regional workshop:
Sustainable Trade of
Arapaima gigas in the Amazon Region
12-13 December 2006, FUNBIO, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Description:
From the work carried out in Peru on the Arapaima
value chain, the BTFP is organising a first meeting with
international experts of the countries producing Arapaima and
international institutions to discuss the possibility of sharing
experiences and forming an alliance between different private,
national and international actors to promote the sustainable
trade of Arapaima gigas.
[More
info]
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November 2006 |
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UNCTAD MEA
Workshop:
"Biodiversity
and the Global Market Economy"
14 and 15 November 2006,
UNCTAD Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland
Description:
UNCTAD will hold a strategic workshop
bringing together relevant experts from the Secretariats of the
biodiversity-related conventions and partner organisations. The
workshop will provide a platform for informal discussions on the challenges
and opportunities faced by the different Secretariats in
implementing the Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs)
within the context of the global market economy.
[article]
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October 2006 |
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BTFP National Value Chain Analysis Workshop for the natural
ingredients sector in Vietnam
On
16-17 October, Vietnam
Organisers: BTFP
and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) of Vietnam
Description:
The objective of this workshop
is to bring together national institutions and the private
sector to discuss the status of the natural ingredients sector
and identify priority areas to promote Vietnam’s natural
ingredients in international markets.
[article]
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July 2006 |
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BTFP Regional workshop:
"Discussion on the
verification and impact monitoring assessment system for BioTrade activities"
10-12 July 2006, Lima, Peru
Description:
The BioTrade Facilitation Programme will hold a workshop
in Lima, in parallel to the meetings of the Plants and Animals
Committees of CITES. The topics to be addressed in this workshop are:
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Methodologies for elaboration and implementation of
management plans
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Impact assessment of the EU Novel Foods Regulation on
BioTrade: presentation of results of working groups in South Africa,
Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
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Practical tools for equitable sharing of benefits
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Analysis of results of field tests of the BioTrade
verification framework for natural ingredients
[more
info]
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February
2006 |
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Informal meeting of the UNCTAD BioTrade Faciliation Programme: Progress and challenges in Latin
America
Saturday, 18 March 2006, Curitiba,
Brazil
Description:
To inform participants on
the progress and challenges of the UNCTAD BioTrade Facilitation
Programme and its contributions to the COP8.
[More info]
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December 2005 |
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Workshop on the revision of the Novel Food Regulation (NFR)• Views and
experiences regarding traditional foods
1 December 2005 at Eurovillage Hotel, Brussels,
Belgium
Description:
The objective of the workshop is
to present technical suggestions for the revision of the Novel Foods
Regulation and hear perspectives from developing countries and European
Health and Consumer Protection Institutions. Representatives from the
private and public sectors in developing countries and Europe will also
be present.
[More info]
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Workshop on the “International Standard
for Sustainable Wild Collection of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants -
Results of the field consultations” (ISSC-MAP)
4-6 December 2005;
Isle of Vilm , Germany
The German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN),
WWF/TRAFFIC, and the IUCN Medicinal Plant Specialist Group
Description:
The UNCTAD/ Biotrade Facilitation Programme (BTFP)
will be presenting its contributions to the development of the
International Standard for Sustainable Wild Collection of Medicinal and
Aromatic Plants by reporting on the results from the field testing in
Ecuador.
This workshop will focus on the outcomes of
the ISSC-MAP field consultations that are taking place in MAP projects in
Brazil, China, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ecuador and China.
[More info]
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November 2005 |
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BioTrade: An Incentive Measure for
Sustainable Use and Conservation of Biodiversity"
Side event at CBD SBSTTA 11
29-30 November- Montreal, Canada
Assembly Hall II (Level 4)
Description:
On the occasion of the eleventh meeting of the Subsidiary Body on
Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) in Montreal,
Canada, the UNCTAD BioTrade Facilitation Programme will be holding a
side event.
[More info]
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Technical Workshop : “The Use of Geographical Indications and Appellations of Origin to
Promote Sustainable Development and Biotrade”
21- 22 November 2005 at CAN
headquarters in Lima, Peru.
Organisers: UNCTAD-BTFP, ICTSD,SPDA and
CAN
Description:
The objective of the current workshop is to evaluate
the possibility of using distinctive signs to promote sustainable
development and biotrade based on specific case studies from Colombia,
Ecuador, Peru and the Amazon region.
[More info]
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