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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 an
 d experiences from BioTrade national and regional programme partners in La
 tin America in implementing the Principles and Criteria (P&amp\;C)To incor
 porate these lessons learned and experiences into the revision of the BioT
 rade CriteriaBackgroundSince 2007\, BioTrade partners and practitioners ha
 ve been implementing BioTrade Principles and Criteria (P&amp\;C) in a vari
 ety of biodiversity sectors that use plants\, animals or ecosystem service
 s (e.g sustainable tourism) across 46 countries. To achieve continuous imp
 rovement\, it is important to capture these valuable experiences and to ha
 ve them guide the P&amp\;C revision process.UNCTAD is leading this revisio
 n process and is coordinating with partners to receive inputs from differe
 nt practitioners and experts from May 2018 to February 2019. This revision
  process will also incorporate relevant aspects of more recent internation
 al agreements/agendas (e.g. Nagoya Protocol\, SDGs) as well as factors rel
 ated to the growing consumer demand for biodiversity friendly products and
  services.On 14 August 2018\, UNCTAD is organizing a focused webinar on Le
 ssons learned from implementing BioTrade Criteria with BioTrade national a
 nd regional programme partners in Latin America. This webinar will provide
  the opportunity for review and discussion of the practical experience fro
 m BioTrade focal points and programme partners from the region.The updated
  BioTrade P&amp\;C will then be uploaded into ITC´s Standards Map\, enabl
 ing benchmarking of BioTrade P&amp\;C with other sustainability frameworks
  as well as providing SMEs with the ability to carry out company self-asse
 ssments. This online tool will also enhance the understanding of BioTrade\
 , but also promote partners and the capacity-building tools developed.Thes
 e activities are developed by UNCTAD with the support of the Swiss State S
 ecretariat for Economic Affairs SECO under the Global BioTrade Programme: 
 Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development (April 2018–Mar
 ch 2022)./project/global-biotrade-facilitation-programme-linking-trade-bio
 diversity-and-sustainable\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.or
 g/meeting/webinar-lessons-implementing-biotrade-principles-and-criteria-la
 tin-america
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