PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES, THE GLOBAL TUNA INDUSTRY AND THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE REGIME — A GUIDEBOOK. Forum Fisheries Agency (April 2007). Pacific Island nations that trade their fisheries products internationally must negotiate a complex network of trade rules and regulations. This guidebook, which outlines the major trade-related elements of the tuna fishing industry in the Western Central Pacific Ocean, is meant to help tuna industry operators and fisheries and trade officials better understand the requirements of international and regional trade agreements and how they relate to the fisheries sector. The report may be accessed at http://www.ffa.int/node/891.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES. UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2007. This report was launched at the 15th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, which is focusing on energy, climate change, air pollution and industrial development. The 432-page volume points to new challenges and opportunities facing industrialising countries as a result of globalisation, technological change and international trade rules. It also discusses social and environmental aspects of industrial development. To download a copy of the report, visithttp://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/publications/industrial_development/full_report.pdf.
DICTIONARY AND INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE. By Richard E. Saunier and Richard A. Meganck. Earthscan, June 2007. This book provides a compilation of over 5000 terms, organisations, and acronyms related to global environmental governance and thereby seeks to establish a common vocabulary for those who work on such matters. An introductory essay frames major issues in global environmental governance and outlines the pitfalls of talking past one another when discussing important environmental issues. To order a copy of the book, visit http://shop.earthscan.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/777/.
COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON US TRADE AND INVESTMENT POLICY TOWARD SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT. Office of the United States Trade Representative, 2007. The current report builds n the information provided in previous reports, providing new and updated information on US trade and investment policy toward sub-Saharan Africa, including the implementation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), the designation of AGOA beneficiary countries, the impact that AGOA has had on U.S. trade and investment with sub-Saharan Africa, and information on reforms being undertaken by AGOA beneficiary countries.