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EU Policies: The Cap, Natural Resources and Illegal Logging
EU Policies: The Cap, Natural Resources and Illegal Logging Following intensive negotiations and discussion on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) the EU Agriculture Council, on 29 September, moved towards implementing the first steps of the CAP compromise package and debated support reductions for various agricultural sectors. During the meeting agriculture Ministers also started…
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US - Iceland: Trade Sanctions for Whaling?
US - Iceland: Trade Sanctions for Whaling? In order to assess whether to impose trade sanctions against Icelandic fish exports, the US Commerce Department is currently reviewing Iceland’s whaling practices under the Pelly amendment of the US Fishermen’s Protection Act from 1962. The Pelly amendment allows the US to impose sanctions on nations whose action diminish the…
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Fisheries: Can We Meet Global Demand?
Fisheries: Can We Meet Global Demand? A new report “The Future of Fish - Issues and Trends to 2020” by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the World Fish Centre, released on 2 October, highlights the fact that while the majority of world wild fisheries resources are being exploited to their maximum or beyond…
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Post Cancun: Who Will Take the Initiative
On 14 October, WTO Members convened for the first Heads of Delegation meeting to consider the way forward after talks collapsed at the ministerial meeting in Cancun, Mexico, in September. All formal special negotiating sessions will continue to be suspended and the General Council Chair Carlos Perez del Castillo will hold consultations on four key…
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Promoting Conservation and Economic Benefits: Bioprospecting
Tom Kursar, associate professor of Biology and Phyllis Coley, professor of Biology have developed a new method for bioprospecting, which they hope will help conserve tropical rainforests and at the same time bring economic benefits to developing countries. The two biologists point out that if the pharmaceutical industry established laboratories in rainforest countries, these countries…
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New Reports on GM Contamination
A new report, sponsored by a group of Mexican farmers and indigenous communities, has revealed that Mexico’s traditional maize crop is far more contaminated with DNA from genetically modified (GM) maize than previously thought. The study tested 2000 maize plants from 33 communities in nine Mexican states as positively contaminated with the DNA from GM…
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Fair Trade Coffee, a Growing Market also for Kraft
A new study released by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), the World Bank, UNCTAD and the International Coffee Organisation, points to the rapidly growing market for fair trade coffee in Europe and Japan. Based on data from socially and environmentally sustainable produced coffee sales the report concludes that the growing market share of…
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In Brief
POST CANCUN: WHO WILL TAKE THE INITIATIVE On 14 October, WTO Members convened for the first Heads of Delegation meeting to consider the way forward after talks collapsed at the ministerial meeting in Cancun, Mexico, in September. All formal special negotiating sessions will continue to be suspended and the General Council Chair Carlos Perez del Castillo…
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Events
For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar. Please bear in mind that dates and times of WTO meetings are often changed, and that the WTO does not always announce the important informal meetings of the different bodies. Coming up in the next two weeks 13-17 October,…
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Resources
If you have a relevant resource (books, papers, bulletins, etc.) you would like to see announced in this section, please forward a copy or review by the BRIDGES staff to Marianne Jacobsen. "From Ocean to Aquarium: The Global Trade in Marine Ornamental Species," by Colette Wabnitz, Michelle Taylor, Edmund Green and Tries Razak (UNEP-WCMC Biodiversity Series…