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By Rachid Bouhia, Economist, UNCTAD, and Emily Wilkinson, Researcher, ODI

Developing countries can learn through the platform how to implement reforms to ease trade despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

Guidelines to help governments, companies and consumers benefit from sustainable trade in precious plants and animals now include elements such as climate resilience and marine biodiversity.

A new call to action urges countries to make BioTrade a lever for recovery and resilience in the wake of the pandemic.

The project is a point of convergence for conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, and a driver for a blue and green recovery from COVID-19.

Written by Dona Bertarelli, UNCTAD Special Adviser for the Blue Economy

The global tourism standstill due to COVID-19 has cost the sector dearly, especially in countries heavily reliant on it, like small island nations. A new UN report maps how tourism could be rebuilt.

Written by By Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Director, Division on International Trade and Commodities, UNCTAD

The coronavirus pandemic hits developing countries at a time when they have already been struggling with unsustainable debt burdens for many years, as well as with rising health needs. UNCTAD calls for $1 trillion in debt relief.

Written by Robert Hamwey, UNCTAD Economic Affairs Officer