BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a72b8efa9ff8 DTSTART:20200612T110000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20200612T123000Z LOCATION:Online\, Webex\, SUMMARY:Webinar on Biodiversity and Trade Statistics 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 condu cted a pilot exercise\, to identify the trade flows from 2010 to 2018 of B ioTrade priority species and products provided by partners\, grouped into different HS subheadings. Specifically\, the pilot considered the followin g BioTrade beneficiary countries: Botswana\, Colombia\, Ecuador\, Lao PDR\ , Malawi\, Mozambique\, Myanmar\, Namibia\, Peru\, South Africa\, Swazilan d\, Viet Nam\, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Based on the lessons learned from this pilot exercise\, UNCTAD BioTrade and DSIB have been upscaling the mechani sm to include all biodiversity-based products and all countries.The webina r will present the BioTrade/DSIB “Trade and Biodiversity mechanism” be ing developed. It will focus on presenting the data and the information th at can be extracted from it\, as well as an introduction to UNCTAD’s sta tistics platform – UNCTADstat – on which the biodiversity trade data m echanism will be hosted. This information aims to be used by partners for developing their activities\, as well as for providing trade and biodivers ity data that could be used for reporting into other national and internat ional processes including those led by the CBD\, UNCTAD\, and United Natio ns system (e.g. national reports on SDG progress and CBD'\;s national biodiversity strategies and actions plans). Participation by Webex invitat ionhttps&\;#58\;//unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/\n\nView meeting on unctad.o rg\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/webinar-biodiversity-and-trade-statistics DTSTAMP:20260805T041543Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR