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Indigenous Peoples have long been successful stewards of the world’s biodiversity, and their knowledge, innovations and practices ensure the sustainable use of biological resources, carbon sequestration...

This study by external experts (commissioned by DG ENV) takes stock of knowledge relevant for identifying commodities imported into the EU with significant negative impacts (direct or indirect) on biodiversity...

This is a DG ENV guidance tool prepared by an expert team under IUCN supervision in order to improve understanding of the importance of specific alien species' pathways, seen as critical...

International trade contributes significantly to fueling economic growth and development. However, evidence increasingly associates trade with negative impacts on biodiversity and people. In a global economy, which...

There is increasing recognition of the relevance of trade and trade-related policies and measures to current global biodiversity crisis. Trade can exacerbate biodiversity degradation and loss but it also...

This report, commissioned by the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade (INTA), provides an in-depth analysis of the impacts of international trade on biodiversity and of the effectiveness and efficiency of instruments that can be...

The report contains key findings of the online workshop organised on 24/03/2021 by the BioTrade Initiative of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in cooperation with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological...

This study identifies and evaluates several qualitative and quantitative methodologies that could be used to improve biodiversity-related aspects of Sustainability Impact Assessments (SIAs) of trade agreements, with a view...