BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af8742af0ef1 DTSTART:20200612T110000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20200612T123000Z LOCATION:Online\, Webex\, SUMMARY:Webinar on Biodiversity and Trade Statistics (Mekong region\, India and Europe) CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:In March 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its glo bal BioTrade programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable dev elopment” with the financial support of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO.  As part of the activities under this 4-year progr amme\, UNCTAD aims to compile and provide trade-related data which is rele vant for reporting under the SDGs (e.g. indicators 15.6 and 15.9)\, releva nt Aichi targets (e.g. Aichi Targets 2\, 3 and 4) and post-Aichi targets.S pecifically\, the BioTrade Initiative and the Development Statistics and I nformation Branch (DSIB) of UNCTAD are developing a mechanism that automat ically compiles and provides updated trade flows of biodiversity-based pro ducts which will be directly accessible at https://unctadstat.unctad.org.   In the second half of 2019\, UNCTAD BioTrade and DSIB conducted a pilot exercise\, to identify the trade flows from 2010 to 2018 of BioTrade prio rity species and products provided by partners\, grouped into different HS subheadings. Specifically\, the pilot considered the following BioTrade b eneficiary countries: Botswana\, Colombia\, Ecuador\, Lao PDR\, Malawi\, M ozambique\, Myanmar\, Namibia\, Peru\, South Africa\, Swaziland\, Viet Nam \, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Similarly\, information on species and products pr ioritized by partners were grouped into several tariff lines. Based on the lessons learned from this pilot exercise\, UNCTAD BioTrade and DSIB have been upscaling the mechanism to include all biodiversity-based products an d all countries.ObjectiveThe webinar will present the BioTrade/DSIB “Tra de and Biodiversity mechanism” being developed. It will focus on present ing the data and the information that can be extracted from it\, as well a s an introduction to UNCTAD’s statistics platform – UNCTADstat – on which the biodiversity trade data mechanism will be hosted.It is expected that this information will be used by BioTrade partners and other actors f or the development of their activities\, as well as to provide data on tra de and biodiversity that could be an input for reporting in other national and international processes\, including those led by the Convention on Bi ological Diversity (CBD)\, UNCTAD and the UN system (e.g. national reports on the progress of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and CBD national biodiversity strategies and action plans).LanguageThis webinar will be hel d in English on the 12th of June 2020\, considering the time difference wi th partners residing in Asia\, Africa and Europe. A first version of the w ebinar was held in Spanish for partners in Latin America and Canada in the afternoon of the 10th of June\, Geneva time.<\;p>\;In March 2018\, th e UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its global BioTrade programme “Lin king trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financia l support of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO.&\;n bsp\; As part of the activities under this 4-year programme\, UNCTAD aims to compile and provide 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 Targets 2\, 3 and 4) and post-Aichi targets.<\;/p>\;<\;p&g t\;Specifically\, the BioTrade Initiative and the Development Statistics a nd Information Branch (DSIB) of UNCTAD are developing a mechanism that aut omatically compiles and provides updated trade flows of biodiversity-based products which will be directly accessible at https://unctadstat.unctad.o rg.&\;nbsp\; In the second half of 2019\, UNCTAD BioTrade and DSIB cond ucted a pilot exercise\, to identify the trade flows from 2010 to 2018 of BioTrade priority species and products provided by partners\, grouped into different HS subheadings. Specifically\, the pilot considered the followi ng BioTrade beneficiary countries: Botswana\, Colombia\, Ecuador\, Lao PDR \, Malawi\, Mozambique\, Myanmar\, Namibia\, Peru\, South Africa\, Swazila nd\, Viet Nam\, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Similarly\, information on species an d products prioritized by partners were grouped into several tariff lines. Based on the lessons learned from this pilot exercise\, UNCTAD BioTrade a nd DSIB have been upscaling the mechanism to include all biodiversity-base d products and all countries.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;<\;strong>\;Object ive<\;/strong>\;<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;The webinar will present the Bi oTrade/DSIB “Trade and Biodiversity mechanism” being developed. It wil l focus on presenting the data and the information that can be extracted f rom it\, as well as an introduction to UNCTAD’s statistics platform – UNCTADstat – on which the biodiversity trade data mechanism will be host ed.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;It is expected that this information will be use d by BioTrade partners and other actors for the development of their activ ities\, as well as to provide data on trade and biodiversity that could be an input for reporting in other national and international processes\, in cluding those led by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)\, UNCTAD and the UN system (e.g. national reports on the progress of Sustainable D evelopment Goals (SDGs) and CBD national biodiversity strategies and actio n plans).<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;<\;strong>\;Language<\;/strong>\;& lt\;/p>\;<\;p>\;This webinar will be held in English on the 12th of June 2020\, considering the time difference with partners residing in Asia \, Africa and Europe. A first version of the webinar was held in Spanish f or partners in Latin America and Canada in the afternoon of the 10th of Ju ne\, Geneva time.<\;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://uncta d.org/meeting/webinar-biodiversity-and-trade-statistics-mekong-region-indi a-and-europe DTSTAMP:20261114T144602Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR