UN Trade & Development BioTrade Initiative

Today, we celebrate #BiodiversityDay2025🌳! 📊 17% of world trade involves biodiversity-based goods. Biodiversity loss threatens everything. The #KMGBF offers a global plan and #BioTrade is part of the solution. Read more in our new publication: bit.ly/3SOtRMC

How can trade power biodiversity goals? 🌿 @UNCTAD_BioTrade turns nature-based products into engines for jobs & rural growth — while protecting biodiversity. With tools like TraBio, trade supports both people & planet. 🌍 Full publication ▶️ ow.ly/p8wU50VUZjx

Did you missed the TraBio webinar? You can follow our self-paced course in English French and Spanish here: helvetas.org/en/switzerland…

📍¡No te pierdas nuestro Taller sobre evaluación de prácticas de sostenibilidad con la Herramienta de Autoevaluación de BioComercio! ✅️ Regístrate aquí: bit.ly/4h4LGBv ➡️ 27 de enero,15:30 - 16:30 CET | 10:30 - 11:30 (hora Bolivia 🔗 Más en: bit.ly/3E7ojJc

Presenting now #TraBio on #trade flows of #biodiversity - based products at @UNECE /@OECD seminar on #SEEA System of Environmental-Economic Accounting: l1nq.com/vGNRF

TODAY: Training webinar on TraBio statistical tool to access biodiversity-based products trade flows for 189+ economies from 2010 onwards: 📅 6 March 2025 (15:30-17:30 CET) 🗣 English, with French & Spanish translation 📌 Register: l1nq.com/ee8z5

❓Is the world on track to restore 30% of degraded & deforested landscapes by 2030? This chapter tracks progress toward the #KMGBF target of restoring 30% of degraded and deforested landscapes. Download a free copy: bit.ly/4fjRW7Kvia via @CIFOR_ICRAF

Biodiversity is🔑to sustaining human life, yet remains underfunded. To reach restoration targets,@UNEP estimates suggest finance flows need to 4x by 2030 to USD 296 billion from 2022 levels Here's how biodiversity credits can help➡️iisd.org/articles/deep-… via @IISD_news

"Forests and livelihoods: sustaining people and planet" announced as the theme of #WorldWildlifeDay 2021 to celebrate the #livelihoods of communities who rely on #forests: bit.ly/3lYVh0r #WWD2021 #WWD #Wildlife #biodiversity #SDGs

Celebra el #wildlifeday (día mundial de la vida silvestre) el 3 de marzo participando hoy en el Concurso Internacional de Arte Juvenil @IFAW. El tema es "Recuperación de #especies clave para la restauración del #ecosistema". Visite g.ifaw.org/3omQQQJ @UNDP @UNEP

Interested in data on #biodiversity-based products #trade ? #KMGBF Join the webinar on trade and biodiversity (TraBio) statistical tool: 📅 6 March 2025 (15:30-17:30 CET) 📷 English, with French & Spanish translation 📷us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist… Source: UNCTADstat

🇧🇷Amb. Guilherme de Aguiar Patriota, @BrazilWTO, emphasized Brazil’s dedication to fostering the successful building on a #bioeconomy 🌱, highlighting its benefits, during the Briefing on Achieving #Biodiversity Goals through #Trade. Watch full event📽️: bit.ly/4hyTnjn

Thank you to all participants and speakers for joining the "Achieving #Biodiversity Goals Through #Trade" briefing, co-organized by @GENetwork. Insightful discussions on @UNBiodiversity #COP16 outcomes and sustainable trade opportunities! Full event: bit.ly/4hyTnjn

@UNBiodiversity @UNCTAD @CITES @BrazilWTO @wto @ungreeneconomy @UNCTAD_BioTrade @MisionColUNOG @luzmadelamora @AliAsadNaqvi3 @UNEP @AsadNaqvi9 Chantal Line Carpentier of @UNCTAD shares the Biotrade initiative can provide incentives for conservation, create jobs, increasevisibility of role of trade in addressing biodiversity loss, and promote benefit sharing showing how #trade can work for nature.

@UNBiodiversity @UNCTAD @CITES @BrazilWTO @wto @ungreeneconomy @UNCTAD_BioTrade @MisionColUNOG @luzmadelamora @AliAsadNaqvi3 With great interest in #trade & #biodiversity Luz Maria de la Mora, @UNCTAD Int'l Trade & Commodities Div. Director, underscored sustainable trade's role in halting biodiversity loss & its co-benefits to tackle climate change & pollution, as 55% of global GDP depend on nature.

@UNBiodiversity @UNCTAD @CITES @BrazilWTO @wto @ungreeneconomy @UNCTAD_BioTrade @MisionColUNOG @luzmadelamora @AliAsadNaqvi3 @UNEP @AsadNaqvi9 @wef @ManeGroup Thank you for joining this session on "Achieving #Biodiversity Goals Through #Trade" as we discussed how we can build upon progress made at @UNBiodiversity #COP16! Video, summary and highlights ▶️ tiny.cc/GEN28Jan25

#Live now! #Trade policies & instruments can contribute to achieving global #biodiversity goals. Join this panel discussion on outcomes of @UNBiodiversity #COP16 & how to build on them for sustainable trade practices. ▶️ tiny.cc/GEN28Jan25 📹 youtube.com/watch?v=02Pe9f…

🔴 LIVE NOW: Panel II – “Focused Discussion on COP16 Outcomes and Opportunities to Foster Sustainable Trade”🌍🌿 A technical discussion into COP16 outcomes, trade implications, and strategies for sustainable trade.🔗 Join here: bit.ly/4g5XpP8 #COP16 #SustainableTrade

@UNBiodiversity @UNCTAD @CITES @BrazilWTO @wto @ungreeneconomy @UNCTAD_BioTrade @MisionColUNOG @luzmadelamora @AliAsadNaqvi3 Moderating this session, Chantal Line Carpentier of @UNCTAD highlights how crucial this conversation on achieving #biodiversity goals through #trade, as we move towards upcoming negotiations, such as the resumed session of #COP16, #COP30 and #UNCTAD16.