Co-organisers: UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative, Brazilian Biodiversity Fund (FUNBIO), PhytoTrade Africa, Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza (FAN Bolivia), Alexander von Humboldt Institute (Colombia), Corporación de Promoción de Exportaciones e Inversiones (Ecuador), Comisión para la Promoción de las Exportaciones (Prompex, Peru), Peruvian Institute for Natural Products, Uganda Export Promotion Board, Rainforest Alliance, Marine Aquarium Council, ECL AP, and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development

Rappateur: Francis Vorhies, UNCTAD BioTrade Advisor

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Today there is no doubt anymore that trade and investment matters for biodiversity conservation. We also know that if we do want to meet the 2010 target we have to make trade work in favour of conservation. Parties to the CBD and biodiversity stakeholders have adopted the 2010 target as a roadmap for implementation, but have they considered means for engaging the business sector? What are the 2010 challenges we face in developing principles, standards, criteria and indicators for businesses engaged in biodiversity trade?

This workshop will focus on challenges of verifying and certifying private sector trade in biodiversity-based goods and services. It will review the BioTrade Principles and Criteria, biodiversity-related certification schemes, and the efforts of small and medium biodiversity businesses. The workshop will finish with a round-table discussion of the challenges facing small and medium business to trade sustainably in biodiversity-based goods and services.

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Programme

0900-1030 - Session 1
BioTrade principles & criteria: implementation & verification

Chair: tba

The BioTrade principles & criteria: A general framework for the implementation of CBD objectives
- Rik Kutsch Lojenga, UNCTAD BTFP Programme Manager

Implementation of BioTrade principles & criteria: Experiences of a national BioTrade programme
- Humberto Gomez, Fundacion Amigos de la Naturaleza

Verification of BioTrade principles and criteria through quality programmes: Experiences from Peru
- Alfredo Menacho, Peruvian Institute of Natural Products

Comments on the presentations
- Barney Dickson, Head of International Policy, Fauna & Flora International, UK
- Gustavo Urrea , Operative Manager, Labfarve (representing the Colombian working group of natural ingredients)
Discussion

1030-1100
Coffee break

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1100-1230 - Session 2
Small & medium biodiversity business: Is there a need for biodiversity certification?

Chair: Jaime Cardenas, Prompex Peru

Why do we need a market differentiation mechanism for biodiversity trade?
- Nicolas Cock Duque, Executive Director Ecoflora, Colombia

Experiences of PhytoTrade Africa in accessing international markets
- Gus Le Breton, Chief Executive Officer Phytotrade Africa, Zimbabwe

Insights from the INBIO experience
- Ana Lorena Guevara, National Institute for Biodiversity of Costa Rica

Issues, challenges & opportunities of biodiversity certification
- Nancy Vallejo, ECL AP, Switzerland

Comments on the presentations
- Fernando Almeida, Executive Director, WBCSD Brasil (CEBDS) (tbc)
- Mark Hein Sittler, Representative, Peruvian Institute for Natural Products
- Steve Edwards, Senior Adviser - World Conservation Congress, IUCN
Discussion

1230-1400
Lunch

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1400-1530 - Session 3
Biodiversity-related certification

Chair: Catherine Cassagne, Team Leader, Biodiversity, International Finance Corporation

The Sustainable Agriculture Network/Rainforest Alliance approach
- Luís Fernando Guedes Pinto, Director, Imaflora, Brazil

The Marine Aquarium Council approach
- Francis Vorhies, UNCTAD BioTrade Advisor and Board Member, Marine Aquarium Council

Mechanisms Beyond Certification: Geographical Indications for Sustainable Development
- David Vivas, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development

Making a difference with BioTrade certification: a proposal
- Pierre Hauselmann, UNCTAD BioTrade Advisor, Switzerland

Comment on the presentations
- Gordon Sheppard, Director of International Policy, WWF (tbc)
- Nicolas Cock Duque, Executive Director Ecoflora, Colombia
Discussion

1530-1600
Coffee break

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1600-1700 - Session 4
Roundtable on biodiversity, business and trade

Chair/Moderator: Francis Vorhies, UNCTAD BioTrade Advisor

Luís Fernando Guedes Pinto, Director, Imaflora
David Vivas, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
Gus Le Breton, Chief Executive Officer Phytotrade Africa, Zimbabwe
Mark Hein Sittler, Representative, Peruvian Institute for Natural Products
Jayashree Watal, World Trade Organisation (tbc)
Gustavo Urrea , Operative Manager, Labfarve (representing the Colombian working group of natural ingredients)
Discussion

1800-1900
Closing plenary session of the GBF