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News
UNCTAD's Rio+20 portal page link 12 April 2012. Paris, France. The beauty industry and biodiversity in emerging markets For more information, please click here. 20 Sept 2011, Montreal, Canada. The CBD, UNCTAD and 24 of the largest international agencies working on biodiversity sign MOU for the implementation and achievement of the 2020 Aichi Biodiversity Targets For more information, please click here. |
What is BioTrade?
BioTrade refers to those activities of collection, production, transformation,
and commercialization of goods and services derived from native biodiversity
under the criteria of environmental, social and economic sustainability. The BioTrade Initiative Since its launch by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in 1996, the BioTrade Initiative has been promoting sustainable BioTrade in support of the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The Initiative has developed a unique portfolio of regional and country programmes. Since 2003 the BioTrade Initiative has also hosted the BioTrade Facilitation Programme (BTFP) which focuses on enhancing sustainable bio-resources management, product development, value adding processing and marketing. The BTFP complements the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative activities. It is currently in its second phase (BTFP II) with various partners implementing its objectives. UNTV, United Nations BioTrade 3 minute video |
BioTrade in Publications
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| Improving International Systems for Trade in Reptile Skins based on Sustainable
Use The aim of the present report is to examine the changing context within which the reptile skin trade has existed (“where we came from”), the extent of the current industry and its regulatory strengths and weaknesses (“where we are now”), and what the future can or should bring (“where we go from here”). In terms of future directions, there appear to be at least three key themes that need to be considered: Increasing the public profile of the reptile skin industry by fostering more engagement in market-based incentives for the conservation and sustainable use of reptiles and their habitats. Identifying and prioritizing current and potentially positive and negative issues linked to production and trade of reptile skins, bearing in mind that public support ultimately hinges on the positives outweighing the negatives. Examining ways in which collaboration between the private sector, governments and international organizations can be beneficial to conservation, trade and the stakeholders involved. |
Trade and Biodiversity: The BioTrade Experiences in
Latin America This paper is divided in eight sections. The second section refers to the framework of the BioTrade Initiative, providing an overview of its programmes and outcomes, particularly in Latin America. The third section describes the market potential of biodiversity-based products and proposes the value-chain approach as a way to capture this potential. Section four presents the business case for biodiversity with four BioTrade case studies in Latin America. International issues related to BioTrade are described in section five, and challenges and opportunities to develop BioTrade are shown in section six. Intellectual Property Rights, their relevance to BioTrade and some examples are presented in section seven. Finally, conclusions and recommendations are in section eight. |
Latest Meetings
| Date | Location | Title | M |
| 12 April 2012 | Paris, France | The beauty industry and biodiversity in emerging markets | More |
| 20-21 July 2011 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Value Chain Analysis Workshop for the Natural Ingredients, Rattan and Ecotourism Sectors | More |
| 31 Mar 2011 | Milan, Italy | Advisory Committee Meeting of the Fashion and Cosmetics Industry Biodiversity Platform | More |
| 18 Feb 2011 | London, United Kingdom | Strategy Meeting. Promoting the Sustainable Sourcing of Reptile Leathers | More |
| 27 Oct 2010 | Nagoya, Japan | Going beyond mitigation: how can private sector drive biodiversity conservation? | More |
| 19 Oct 2010 | Nagoya, Japan | Greening Trade for Biodiversity Conservation - How the sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity can be mainstreamed into business activities and value chains | More |
| 7-8 Oct 2010 | Geneva, Switzerland | Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on the Green Economy: Trade and Sustainable Development Implications | More |