BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a52cb71314a8 DTSTART:20161203T090000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20161203T180000Z LOCATION:Cancun\, Mexico SUMMARY:4th BioTrade Congress CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:​UNCTAD is organizing the IV BioTrade Congress during the 201 6 CBD Biodiversity and Business Forum (B&\;BF)\, which will take place in parallel to the Ministerial High Level Segment of the 13th Conference o f the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP13-CBD) of the United Nations. Specific topics for the Congress sessions have been defin ed in collaboration with partners\, focusing on Trade as a tool to mainstr eam biodiversity. The Congress will focus on defining innovative approache s and share lessons learned on how trade\, including BioTrade and the trad e of biodiversity-based products and services\, can be a tool to mainstrea m the importance and value of biodiversity into different sectors and regi ons. This full-day Congress will take place on 3 December 2016 and will pr ovide a platform for environmental policy makers\, BioTrade partners and p rivate sector engaged in biodiversity-related products and services\, as w ell as interested NGOs and civil society to discuss ways of enhancing the positive role that sustainable trade and businesses have in mainstreaming biodiversity into the global economy.  It will provide case studies demon strating challenges\, opportunities\, lessons learned and best practices o f how sustainable use and trade in biodiversity has generated livelihoods benefits for rural communities\; contributed to conserve species and ecosy stems\; and enhanced the bottom-line of industries and prosperity for deve loping countries.The Congress will provide a space for substantive discuss ion and dissemination of the outputs generated by BioTrade and biodiversit y-based initiatives both in the policy arena and in implementing value cha ins and developing businesses. It will also feature a business-to-business dialogue.The results of the Congress will be published and disseminated a mong Member States\, businesses\, academia\, United Nations Agencies and P rogrammes\, Secretariat of Multilateral Environmental Agreements and other stakeholders to enhance knowledge and awareness of BioTrade as a tool for conservation and sustainable use.The event will be organized in a Davos-s tyle dialogue\, where speakers discuss the challenges and opportunities fa cing developing countries\, focusing on how trade\, including trade policy \, commercialization of goods and services\, entrepreneurship and innovati on\, can support the mainstreaming of biodiversity.The IV BioTrade Congres s is being organized with the support of the Swiss State Secretariat for E conomic Affairs (SECO)\, under the third phase of the BioTrade Facilitatio n Programme.Featured Publication20 Years BioTradeConnecting People\, the P lanet and Markets/en/PublicationsLibrary/ditctedmisc2016d2_en.pdf"\; t arget="\;_blank\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meet ing/4th-biotrade-congress DTSTAMP:20260711T230209Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR