Transcript United Nations Environment Programme/ Regional Office for

Division of Technology, Industry,
and Economics
Economics and Trade Branch
Integrated Assessment of TradeRelated Policies and Biological
Diversity in the Agriculture Sector
LAUNCH MEETING
Geneva, 15 July 2005
BACKGROUND AND HISTORY
UNEP Governing Council Decision 21/14:
Develop capacity to ensure that trade and environmental
policies are mutually supportive.
UNEP-ETB:
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CONTRIBUTION TO COP SPECIAL REPORT
PAST INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT INITIATIVES
Convention on Biological Diversity
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ARTICLE 14
COP DECISION VI/5
COP 7 SPECIAL REPORT (COP/7/INF/15)
OBJECTIVES
Overall objective
To build capacity in developing countries to assess the
environmental, social and economic impact of policies on the
agricultural sector with an emphasis on biodiversity
Specific objectives
• To develop an integrated assessment analytical framework;
• To assess and identify opportunities provided by biodiversity to
poverty reduction and income generation;
• To develop and implement an integrated national response to the
outcomes from the assessment;
• To test the integrated assessment framework; and
• To inform ACP countries in their negotiation and
implementation of the EU-ACP EPAs.
Major Activities
•Year 1: Development of integrated assessment analytical
framework and refinement of biodiversity indicators.
•Year 2-3: Six country–level assessment projects applying
framework and indicators.
•Year 4: Development and implementation of national
policy response actions plans
Year One
Development of an integrated analytical assessment
framework and refinement of biodiversity indicators:
The framework and indicators will
build on existing efforts.
Year Two and Three
• Identification of country-level partners based upon
applications received from national institutions and
government ministries
• Tailoring of assessment methodologies to the national
level
• Application of assessment methodologies by national
institutions in six African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)
countries
Structure of integrated assessment projects
International Advisory
Group
UNEP Team
- Providing advice to projects
- Suggesting methodologies
Leading ministries
Steering
Committee
National policy
research institute
Stakeholder consultations
- Facilitating project
- Performing analytical
work
Year Four
• Development and implementation an integrated national
policy action plan to respond to the outcomes from the
integrated assessments
Policy recommendations seek to:
•Enhance any positive effects and mitigate any negative
effects to biological diversity identified in the assessment
Expected Outcomes
• Strengthened implementation of the CBD
• Further refinement and development of agricultural
biodiversity assessment methodologies and indicators
• Strengthened capacity for coordination
and harmonization of biodiversity, trade
and development objectives at the national
and international levels
• Implementation of policies which enhance positive effects and
mitigate negative effects to biodiversity from trade-related and
other policies impacting the agriculture sector
THANK YOU
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