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LOCATION:Colombia\, Ecuador\, Peru\, and Brazil\, 
SUMMARY:Webinar on Lessons from implementing BioTrade Principles and Criter
 ia in Latin America
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DESCRIPTION:Objective of the webinar:To share inputs on lessons learned and
  experiences from BioTrade national and regional programme partners in Lat
 in America in implementing the Principles and Criteria (P&amp\;C)To incorp
 orate these lessons learned and experiences into the revision of the BioTr
 ade CriteriaBackgroundSince 2007\, BioTrade partners and practitioners hav
 e been implementing BioTrade Principles and Criteria (P&amp\;C) in a varie
 ty of biodiversity sectors that use plants\, animals or ecosystem services
  (e.g sustainable tourism) across 46 countries. To achieve continuous impr
 ovement\, it is important to capture these valuable experiences and to hav
 e them guide the P&amp\;C revision process.UNCTAD is leading this revision
  process and is coordinating with partners to receive inputs from differen
 t practitioners and experts from May 2018 to February 2019. This revision 
 process will also incorporate relevant aspects of more recent internationa
 l agreements/agendas (e.g. Nagoya Protocol\, SDGs) as well as factors rela
 ted to the growing consumer demand for biodiversity friendly products and 
 services.On 14 August 2018\, UNCTAD is organizing a focused webinar on Les
 sons learned from implementing BioTrade Criteria with BioTrade national an
 d regional programme partners in Latin America. This webinar will provide 
 the opportunity for review and discussion of the practical experience from
  BioTrade focal points and programme partners from the region.The updated 
 BioTrade P&amp\;C will then be uploaded into ITC´s Standards Map\, enabli
 ng benchmarking of BioTrade P&amp\;C with other sustainability frameworks 
 as well as providing SMEs with the ability to carry out company self-asses
 sments. This online tool will also enhance the understanding of BioTrade\,
  but also promote partners and the capacity-building tools developed.These
  activities are developed by UNCTAD with the support of the Swiss State Se
 cretariat for Economic Affairs SECO under the Global BioTrade Programme: L
 inking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development (April 2018–Marc
 h 2022).&lt\;p style=&quot\;text-align:left\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.or
 g\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/webinar-lessons-implementing-biotrade-princi
 ples-and-criteria-latin-america
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