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DTSTART:20231017T103000Z
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LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:Informal lunch event on trade and biodiversity statistics
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DESCRIPTION:Background\n\nThe importance of biodiversity\, trade and partic
 ularly the trade in biodiversity-based products in global efforts to tackl
 e biodiversity loss is recognized by internationally agreed objectives\, i
 ncluding the Sustainable Development Goals and Aichi and post-Aichi target
 s\, as well as the recently adopted Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity F
 ramework.\n\nData on commercialization and trade would help countries deve
 lop better informed policies related to the management and trade of biodiv
 ersity-based products. However\, there is limited data available on sustai
 nable trade in biodiversity-based products and services\, and the informat
 ion available is not comparable and dispersed in many different databases.
 \n\nIn September 2022\, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Develop
 ment (UNCTAD)’s BioTrade Initiative and Statistics Service launched the 
 pioneer Trade and Biodiversity statistical tool (TraBio) as an initial ste
 p to enable open access to reliable trade-related information on biodivers
 ity-based products. TraBio applies a product classification of biodiversit
 y-based products covering 1814 HS sub-headings\, a database on trade flow
  in these products and related indicators\, and a visualisation tool.\n\nW
 ith the aim to improve collection of data and analytical capacity for info
 rmed decision-making on trade in biodiversity-based products and support t
 he monitoring and reporting under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity
  Framework\, UNCTAD created the Working Group of Experts on Trade and Biod
 iversity Statistics.\n\nThe Working Group is expected to convene four time
 s between Autumn 2023 and Spring 2024\, in person but also through hybrid 
 and virtual meetings. These meetings aim to advance the main goals by disc
 ussing ways to enhance data collection and compilation (e.g.\, common defi
 nitions\, data gaps\, new data sources and technologies) and consider how 
 the biodiversity-based goods data could best contribute to current initiat
 ives and frameworks as an open-source asset. The experts are invited to di
 scuss progress towards a comprehensive trade and biodiversity methodology 
 and identify priorities and partners for the development of statistics on 
 biodiversity-based products.\n\nObjective\n\nUNCTAD’s BioTrade Initiativ
 e and Statistics Service will organize an informal lunch event as part of 
 the Twentieth session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
  (UNECE)’s Joint Task Force on Environmental Statistics Indicators. The 
 aim of the event will be to kick-off-discussion of the Working Group of Ex
 perts on Trade and\n\nBiodiversity Statistics. More precisely\, its object
 ive is to provide an:\n\n\nIntroduction to the Working Group and exchange 
 on its Terms of Reference\; and\nExchange of information on working group 
 priorities and relevant initiatives/events on biodiversity and trade stati
 stics based on the responses of the preparatory survey aiming to identify 
 relevant gaps and opportunities related to trade and biodiversity statisti
 cs\, as well as possible sources of information.\n\n\nWhat will take place
 ?\n\nThis informal lunch event will take place on 17 October 2023 with in-
 person participation in Room VII at the Palais des Nations\, in Geneva\, S
 witzerland. A light lunch will be offered to attendees.\n\nTarget audience
 \n\nTrade experts working or interested in biodiversity-related issues\nEn
 vironment statisticians\n\n \n\nThis event is organized as part of the Gl
 obal BioTrade Programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable de
 velopment” with the financial support of the Swiss State Secretariat for
  Economic Affairs SECO.\n\n \nhttps://unctad.org/project/global-biotrade-
 facilitation-programme-linking-trade-biodiversity-and-sustainable\n\nView 
 meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/informal-lunch-event-tra
 de-and-biodiversity-statistics
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