UNCTAD-BioTrade

🌿 Happening Now: Panel I - “Setting the Scene – High-Level Remarks”

This session explores how trade policies and instruments can support global biodiversity goals. Panelists share insights on progress achieved at United Nations Biodiversity and its importance in addressing the triple planetary crisis.

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UN Trade and Development
Geneva Environment Network
World Trade Organization - WTO
CITES

EVENT ALERT!
🌱Advancing sustainable trade & biodiversity conservation on VSS 🌱
👉 Next week, on January 7, 8, and 10, 2025, leading experts will come together for a series of virtual roundtables on Voluntary Sustainability Standards ( ). The sessions will focus on vital discussions around sustainable trade and biodiversity conservation.

🎯 Co-organized by UN Trade and Development BioTrade Initiative, The United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards (UNFSS) and Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, the topics of discussions are:
· Current approaches of VSS to hashtag conservation.
· How VSS can effectively contribute to biodiversity conservation.
· Challenges and opportunities faced by low-income countries and SMEs;
· Aligning with Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework ( ) and
· Emerging regulations related to VSS

Stay tuned for insights and developments.
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