BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4cc3b5ee8eb DTSTART:20200610T035000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20200610T051000Z LOCATION:Online\, Webex\, SUMMARY:Webinar sobre estadísticas de biodiversidad y comercio CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:​BackgroundIn March 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative lau nched its global BioTrade programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and su stainable development” with the financial support of the Swiss State Sec retariat for Economic Affairs SECO. As part of the activities under this 4 -year programme\, UNCTAD aims to compile and provide trade-related data wh ich is relevant for reporting under the SDGs (e.g. indicators 15.6 and 15. 9)\, relevant Aichi targets (e.g. Aichi Targets 2\, 3 and 4) and post-Aich i targets.Specifically\, the BioTrade Initiative and the Development Stati stics and Information Branch (DSIB) of UNCTAD are developing a mechanism t hat automatically compiles and provides updated trade flows of biodiversit y-based products which will be directly accessible at https://unctadstat.u nctad.org/EN/.  In the second half of 2019\, UNCTAD BioTrade and DSIB con ducted a pilot exercise\, to identify the trade flows from 2010 to 2018 of BioTrade priority species and products provided by partners\, grouped int o different HS subheadings. Specifically\, the pilot considered the follow ing BioTrade beneficiary countries: Botswana\, Colombia\, Ecuador\, Lao PD R\, Malawi\, Mozambique\, Myanmar\, Namibia\, Peru\, South Africa\, Swazil and\, Viet Nam\, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Based on the lessons learned from th is pilot exercise\, UNCTAD BioTrade and DSIB have been upscaling the mecha nism to include all biodiversity-based products and all countries.The webi nar will present the BioTrade/DSIB “Trade and Biodiversity mechanism” being developed. It will focus on presenting the data and the information that can be extracted from it\, as well as an introduction to UNCTAD’s s tatistics platform – UNCTADstat – on which the biodiversity trade data mechanism will be hosted. This information aims to be used by partners fo r developing their activities\, as well as for providing trade and biodive rsity data that could be used for reporting into other national and intern ational processes including those led by the CBD\, UNCTAD\, and United Nat ions system (e.g. national reports on SDG progress and CBD'\;s nationa l biodiversity strategies and actions plans). <\;p>\;​<\;strong> \;Background<\;/strong>\;<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In March 2018\, the UN CTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its global BioTrade programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. As part of the activities under this 4-year programme\, UNCTAD aims to compile and p rovide trade-related data which is relevant for reporting under the SDGs ( e.g. indicators 15.6 and 15.9)\, relevant Aichi targets (e.g. Aichi Target s 2\, 3 and 4) and post-Aichi targets.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Specifically\ , the BioTrade Initiative and the Development Statistics and Information B ranch (DSIB) of UNCTAD are developing a mechanism that automatically compi les and provides updated trade flows of biodiversity-based products which will be directly accessible at https&\;#58\;//unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/ .&\;#160\; In the second half of 2019\, UNCTAD BioTrade and DSIB conduc ted a pilot exercise\, to identify the trade flows from 2010 to 2018 of Bi oTrade priority species and products provided by partners\, grouped into d ifferent HS subheadings. Specifically\, the pilot considered the following BioTrade beneficiary countries&\;#58\; Botswana\, Colombia\, Ecuador\, Lao PDR\, Malawi\, Mozambique\, Myanmar\, Namibia\, Peru\, South Africa\, Swaziland\, Viet Nam\, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Based on the lessons learned from this pilot exercise\, UNCTAD BioTrade and DSIB have been upscaling th e mechanism to include all biodiversity-based products and all countries.& lt\;/p>\;<\;p>\;The webinar will present the BioTrade/DSIB “Trade and Biodiversity mechanism” being developed. It will focus on presenting the data and the information that can be extracted from it\, as well as a n introduction to UNCTAD’s statistics platform – UNCTADstat – on whi ch the biodiversity trade data mechanism will be hosted. This information aims to be used by partners for developing their activities\, as well as f or providing trade and biodiversity data that could be used for reporting into other national and international processes including those led by the CBD\, UNCTAD\, and United Nations system (e.g. national reports on SDG pr ogress and CBD'\;s national biodiversity strategies and actions plans) . <\;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/w ebinar-sobre-estadisticas-de-biodiversidad-y-comercio DTSTAMP:20260707T091533Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR