BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6adb87d17fe7b DTSTART:20210322T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210322T160000Z LOCATION:Online\, SUMMARY:Regional stakeholder webinar on Blue BioTrade and BioTrade principl es and criteria including CITES requirements CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:UNCTAD in collaboration with the Organisation of Eastern Caribb ean States (OECS) and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) launched a regional project titled "\;Seizing the trade and business potential of Blue BioTrade products for promoting sustainable livelihoods and conservation of marine diversit y in selected OECS countries (Blue BioTrade project)"\; in October 202 0. The project aims to empower small scale coastal operators from Grenada\ , Saint Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines to produce and trade quee n conch products in domestic\, regional\, and international markets under the Blue BioTrade environmental\, social and economic sustainability crite ria\, including CITES.\n\nQueen Conch is an iconic specie for the wider Ca ribbean and a key product with multiple uses\, including culinary\, therap eutical and handicraft. CITES estimated the overall value of only queen co nch meat to be around $74 million in 2017. This fishery'\;s economic v alue and job creation potential can be multiplied several-fold when consid ering further processing and marketing of legally sourced queen conch prod ucts\, particularly in the handicraft\, tourism\, and restaurant sectors. Queen conch is not yet a fully threaten species. However\, it may become s o if harvesting and trade are not done sustainably. Queen conch is listed under Appendix II of CITES since 1992. Future trade flows of queen conch p roducts must build on compliance with multilateral\, regional and national legal requirements seeking to regulate harvesting better and comply with legal and sustainability requirements.\n\nThe project considers three subs equent and complementary phases:\n\n\nPhase 1:  Awareness-raising about t he BioTrade P&\;C and CITES requirements in the context of queen conch\ , and elaboration of queen conch product assessments in Grenada\, Saint Lu cia\, and St Vincent and the Grenadines.\nPhase 2: Elaboration of a Region al Blue BioTrade Action Plan based on findings of the country studies and\ ,\nPhase 3: Design and delivery of technical assistance activities in sele cted areas as well as additional fundraising.\n\n\nThe webinar aims to rai se awareness and increase understanding among key OECS stakeholders about Blue BioTrade\, 2020 BioTrade Principles and Criteria\, and applicable CIT ES requirements and decisions. It will also explain the required informati on and inputs needed from stakeholders to elaborate value chain assessment s in the beneficiary countries.\n\nThe webinar will take place in two sess ions of three hours each. The first session will present the BioTrade appr oach\, 2020 BioTrade Principles and Criteria\, Queen Conch CITES regulatio ns\, requirements and decisions\, and the status of the implementation of the Regional queen conch Fisheries Management and Conservation Plan. The s econd session will introduce the BioTrade value chain methodology and outl ine the planned country report'\;s content. Also\, it will introduce t he mapping of the queen conch value chain for validation purposes. The ses sion will conclude with a discussion on the preliminary situational analys is of the queen conch sector in the three beneficiary countries.  \n\n \ n \n\n\n \nhttp://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/b3134e3b-59f6-44dc-a19 5-aefec1bf33a4/\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/ regional-stakeholder-webinar-blue-biotrade-and-biotrade-principles-and-cri teria-including DTSTAMP:20261023T161409Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6adb87d17feb0 DTSTART:20210323T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210323T160000Z LOCATION:Online\, SUMMARY:Regional stakeholder webinar on Blue BioTrade and BioTrade principl es and criteria including CITES requirements CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:UNCTAD in collaboration with the Organisation of Eastern Caribb ean States (OECS) and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) launched a regional project titled "\;Seizing the trade and business potential of Blue BioTrade products for promoting sustainable livelihoods and conservation of marine diversit y in selected OECS countries (Blue BioTrade project)"\; in October 202 0. The project aims to empower small scale coastal operators from Grenada\ , Saint Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines to produce and trade quee n conch products in domestic\, regional\, and international markets under the Blue BioTrade environmental\, social and economic sustainability crite ria\, including CITES.\n\nQueen Conch is an iconic specie for the wider Ca ribbean and a key product with multiple uses\, including culinary\, therap eutical and handicraft. CITES estimated the overall value of only queen co nch meat to be around $74 million in 2017. This fishery'\;s economic v alue and job creation potential can be multiplied several-fold when consid ering further processing and marketing of legally sourced queen conch prod ucts\, particularly in the handicraft\, tourism\, and restaurant sectors. Queen conch is not yet a fully threaten species. However\, it may become s o if harvesting and trade are not done sustainably. Queen conch is listed under Appendix II of CITES since 1992. Future trade flows of queen conch p roducts must build on compliance with multilateral\, regional and national legal requirements seeking to regulate harvesting better and comply with legal and sustainability requirements.\n\nThe project considers three subs equent and complementary phases:\n\n\nPhase 1:  Awareness-raising about t he BioTrade P&\;C and CITES requirements in the context of queen conch\ , and elaboration of queen conch product assessments in Grenada\, Saint Lu cia\, and St Vincent and the Grenadines.\nPhase 2: Elaboration of a Region al Blue BioTrade Action Plan based on findings of the country studies and\ ,\nPhase 3: Design and delivery of technical assistance activities in sele cted areas as well as additional fundraising.\n\n\nThe webinar aims to rai se awareness and increase understanding among key OECS stakeholders about Blue BioTrade\, 2020 BioTrade Principles and Criteria\, and applicable CIT ES requirements and decisions. It will also explain the required informati on and inputs needed from stakeholders to elaborate value chain assessment s in the beneficiary countries.\n\nThe webinar will take place in two sess ions of three hours each. The first session will present the BioTrade appr oach\, 2020 BioTrade Principles and Criteria\, Queen Conch CITES regulatio ns\, requirements and decisions\, and the status of the implementation of the Regional queen conch Fisheries Management and Conservation Plan. The s econd session will introduce the BioTrade value chain methodology and outl ine the planned country report'\;s content. Also\, it will introduce t he mapping of the queen conch value chain for validation purposes. The ses sion will conclude with a discussion on the preliminary situational analys is of the queen conch sector in the three beneficiary countries.  \n\n \ n \n\n\n \nhttp://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/b3134e3b-59f6-44dc-a19 5-aefec1bf33a4/\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/ regional-stakeholder-webinar-blue-biotrade-and-biotrade-principles-and-cri teria-including DTSTAMP:20261023T161409Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR