Number 22 18th December 2007
- ALL ONBOARD: BALI MEETING STAKES OUT PATH TO GLOBAL CLIMATE AGREEMENT
- TRADE MINISTERS DISCUSS LINKS BETWEEN COMMERCE AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN BALI
- EU, US CALL FOR ELIMINATING TRADE BARRIERS TO CLIMATE-FRIENDLY GOODS AND SERVICES
- Fisheries Subsidies Text Provides Good Starting Point, Delegates Say
- LINKS BETWEEN PATENT RULES AND ACCESS TO GREEN TECHNOLOGY COME UNDER SCRUTINY
- In Brief
- US Groups Want Curbs on Airplane Emissions
- WTO Appellate Body Reinforces Ruling Against Brazil Tyre Import Ban
- US-Peru Trade Deal Approved
- Events
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- Resources
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Number 21 30th November 2007
- ALL EYES ON BALI
- WORLD BANK: TRADE LIBERALISATION COULD BOLSTER EFFORTS TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE
- WTO Negotiating Chair Releases Draft Text On Fisheries Subsidies
- EU BIOTECH APPROVAL PROCEDURES UNDER SCRUTINY
- In Brief
- Palm Oil Certification Launched; Green Groups Weary
- Pay Farmers for Providing Environmental Services, Says FAO
- Meeting Seeks Global Action on Mercury
- Events
- Events
- Resources
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Number 20 16th November 2007
- ENERGY CONFERENCE CONSIDERS TRADE ISSUES
- FARMERS' RIGHTS, FUNDING DISCUSSED AT SEED TREATY MEETING
- BRAZIL PERU DISCUSS NEW IDEAS ON ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS LIBERALISATION
- In Brief
- Study: Marine Shipping Highly Polluting
- Greenpeace: Palm Oil Expansion A Pending Climate Catastrophe
- EU, Switzerland Distant from Other Members in WTO-MEA Talks
- Tropical Timber Organisation Waiting for New Agreement to Enter Into Force
- Events
- Events
- Resources
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Number 19 2nd November 2007
- ORGANIC GROUP OKS PRODUCE FLOWN IN FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
- WTO: WORK ON VOLUNTARY STANDARDS TO CONTINUE
- FISHERIES NEGOTIATING TEXT DUE SOON, SAYS CHAIR
- In Brief
- LDC Group Supports Biodiversity Amendment in WTO Council on Intellectual Property
- US Draft Climate Bills Trigger Trade Concerns
- Toys Made in China Under Fire
- France Remains Suspicious of Biotechnology
- GEO-4: Global Growth is Outpacing Sustainable Development
- Events
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- Resources
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Number 18 19th October 2007
- CODEX TASK FORCE COMPLETES THREE BIOTECH GUIDELINES
- NO OUTCOME IN SIGHT FOR ACCESS AND BENEFIT-SHARING UNDER THE BIODIVERSITY CONVENTION
- CHINA UNDER FIRE AT WTO FOR LIMITING EXPORTS OF NATURAL RESOURCES
- In Brief
- Steel Industry Looking Ahead to a Post-Kyoto World
- Environmental Groups Sumbit Amicus Brief in Brazil-Tyres Case
- EU Agrees One-Year Extension of Duties on Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs
- Events
- Events
- Resources
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Number 17 5th October 2007
- US SAYS EUROPEAN AVIATION EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME TO END UP AS WTO DISPUTE
- ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS PUSH FOR RULES ON EMISSIONS FROM SHIPPING
- PARTIES AGREE TO SPEED UP ACTION AT MONTREAL PROTOCOL 20TH ANNIVERSARY
- BRAZIL SUBMISSION CAUSES STIR AT INFORMAL ENVIRONMENT SESSION
- FISHERIES NEGOTIATIONS ADVANCE, BUT HELD BACK BY TALKS ON AG, INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
- Brazil Submission Causes Stir at Informal Environment Session
- In Brief
- Canada Launches Trade Dispute over European Seal Products Ban
- Biofuels to Blame for Rising Food Prices?
- WIPO Extends Mandate for Committee on Genetic Resources, TK
- Further 'Rubber Stamp' GMO Approvals in the Pipeline in Europe
- India Fast-Track Imports of Non-living GM Material
- Greenpeace Reports Illegal Fishing by Europeans in Central and Western Pacific
- Events
- Events
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Number 16 21st September 2007
- CONFERENCE AGREES STEPS TO SAFEGUARD FARM ANIMAL DIVERSITY
- CLIMATE TALKS ON TRACK FOR BALI?
- DESERTIFICATION CONFERENCE ADOPTS ACTION PLAN, FAILS TO AGREE ON FUNDING
- In Brief
- OECD Questions Biofuels Fix, Calls for WTO Certification
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 15 7th September 2007
- EU APPEALS WTO RULING IN RETREADED TYRE DISPUTE WITH BRAZIL; NGOS PROTEST
- UN DESERTS MEETING LOOKS TO THE FUTURE
- GMO UPDATE: BRAZIL, INDIA PAVE WAY FOR NEW CROPS; PERU BANS BIOTECH POTATOES
- In Brief
- EU Set to Keep Extra Duties on Energy-Saving Light Bulbs from China
- Seal Hunt Lands at WTO
- EU Food Safety Agency: GM Feeds does Not Affect Meat, Eggs, Dairy
- Iceland Finds No Market for Whale Meat
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 14 20th July 2007
- WTO: DOHA ROUND GOING INTO HIBERNATION?
- CODEX ADOPTS NEW FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS
- WIPO COMMITTEE ON GENETIC RESOURCES, TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE KEEPS TALKING
- NO AGREEMENT ON FISHERIES SUBSIDIES BEFORE SUMMER BREAK
- In Brief
- CTE: No Movement Until Progress on AG, Industrial Market Access
- China Calls on Companies to Practise Sustainable Forestry
- Biodiversity Meeting Announces New Programme, Partnership
- WTO Review: Illegal Logging Continues to Plague Indonesia
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 13 6th July 2007
- WTO BIOTECH RULING: DEADLINE SET FOR COMPLIANCE
- ETHIOPIA AND STARBUCKS REACH COFFEE AGREEMENT
- US-PERU BILATERAL TO ADDRESS ILLEGAL LOGGING, BOOST MEA IMPLEMENTATION
- DEBATE ON PRIVATE SECTOR STANDARDS CONTINUES IN SPS COMMITTEE
- In Brief
- High-Level Meeting Focuses on Biofuel Sustainability, Standards
- North American Officials Launch Online Air Pollution Tracker
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 12 22nd June 2007
- CITES: COMMERCIALLY VALUABLE SPECIES IN THE BALANCE
- WILDLIFE CONVENTION TENTATIVELY BRANCHES OUT TO TIMBER
- GLOBAL ORGANIC MARKET ON THE RISE - WILL DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BENEFIT?
- MEMBERS REMAIN UNDECIDED ON KEY FISHERIES DISCIPLINES
- INDIA, ARGENTINA TABLE NEW PROPOSAL ON ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS IN DOHA NEGOTIATIONS
- In Brief
- Brazil Loses Used Tyres Dispute
- Whale Conservation Scores a Double Victory
- Report: Cocoa Trade Fuelling Armed Conflict in Cote D'Iviore
- 'Disclosure Group' Gains Ground at WTO TRIPS Council
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 11 8th June 2007
- G8 LEADERS STRIKE COMPROMISE ON CLIMATE CHANGE
- INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION REAFFIRMS ANTI-WHALING STANCE, JAPAN THREATENS TO WITHDRAW
- FISH SUBSIDIES: JAPAN CALLS FOR 'BOTTOM-UP' APPROACH; ACP SEEKS TO PROTECT ACCESS FEES
- In Brief
- CITES Approves One-Time Ivory Sale
- Malaysia, Indonesia Launch PR Campaign to Defend Palm Oil
- Trade Included in UN Desertification Convention's Ten-Year Plan
- Meeting the Challenges of Transnational Aquaculture
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 10 25th May 2007
- TROPICAL TIMBER COUNCIL TACKLES ILLEGAL LOGGING, TRADE IN THREATENED SPECIES
- MULTILATERAL TALKS AT A CROSSROADS IN 2007?
- CODEX: WORK ON LABELLING OF BIOTECH FOOD TO CONTINUE
- COMMENTARY: THE GLOBAL ENERGY AND CLIMATE AGENDA -- STUCK IN PARALYSIS OR TIME TO RETHINK OLD AGENDAS?
- In Brief
- Marine Scientists Appeal to WTO to Halt Overfishing
- Environmental Provisions Strengthened Under White House, Democrat Trade Deal
- Asian Nations Toughen Stance on Wildlife Smuggling
- Future Fate of Foodstuffs
- A Fresh Look at the Commodities Problem
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 9 11th May 2007
- TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT: MEMBERS PROGRESS ON INFORMATION EXCHANGE, STILL STUCK ON EGS
- ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES: EU, OTHERS REITERATE MARKET ACCESS REQUEST
- WTO: MEMBERS DISCUSS DETAILS OF US PROPOSAL ON FISHERIES SUBSIDIES
- UNFF AGREEMENT ADDRESSES ILLICIT TRAFFICKING, SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
- CLIMATE CHANGE: SCIENTISTS SAY CARBON EMISSIONS CAN BE REDUCED AT REASONABLE COST
- BRAZIL CALLS WTO RULING IN RETREADED TYRES DISPUTE 'FAVOURABLE'
- In Brief
- Controversial Monsanto Soy Patent Revoked
- CTE: Members Discuss Organic Standards
- Compliance, Effectiveness, and Technical Assistance Top Chemicals Meeting Agenda
- A Step Towards a Mechanism of Scientific Expertise on Biodiversity
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 8 27th April 2007
- BIOFUEL ROUNDUP: SUSTAINABILITY AT STAKE
- GREENPEACE: RESTRICT TRADE IN ENDANGERED MERBAU WOOD
- In Brief
- Conference Seeks Solutions to End Whaling Deadlock
- US-Korea FTA Under Civil Society Fire
- Efforts Underway to Conserve Developing Country Crop Diversity
- Security Council Debates Climate Change
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 7 13th April 2007
- CLIMATE SCIENTISTS WARN OF INCREASED HUNGER, WATER SHORTAGES AND SPECIES EXTINCTION
- CODEX MEETING FOCUSES ON RISK ANALYSIS STANDARDS, CODE OF ETHICS FOR TRADE IN FOOD
- BIOTECH COMPANIES WANT SWITZERLAND ON IP WATCHLIST
- In Brief
- Civil Society Calls for Strong Environmental Provisions in US FTAs
- West Africa Biotech Meeting Adopts Action Plan
- CTE: Canada Suggests 'Middle Ground' Approach on MEA Observer Status
- Court Ruling Confirms US Environmental Agency's Power to Regulate Greenhouse Gases
- Are Bees Dying from Exposure to GE Crops?
- Events
- Events
- Resources
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Number 6 30th March 2007
- US PROPOSAL CALLS FOR MAJOR CUTS TO COMMERCIAL FISHING
- BIOTECH UPDATE: SOUTH AFRICA REJECTS, EU ACCEPTS, NEW GMOS; GREENPEACE STUDY FINDS EVIDENCE OF GM TOXICITY
- EUROPEAN BIODIESEL PRODUCERS RAISE CONCERNS OVER TRADE DISTORTIONS
- BIOFUELS DEBATE AT DESERTIFICATION MEETING
- In Brief
- Civil Society Protests Patenting of Non-GM Seeds and Farm Animals
- China Tiger Breeders Urge End to Trade Ban
- G-8 Environment Ministers Set Stage for High-Level Meet
- Events
- Events
- Resources
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Number 5 16th March 2007
- BRAZIL, US GIVE BIOFUELS A BOOST
- WTO INTERIM PANEL RULING FAVOURS EU IN RETREADED TYRES DISPUTE WITH BRAZIL
- ENVIRONMENT AT THE WTO: MEMBERS DISCUSS INFORMATION EXCHANGE WITH MEAS
- WTO BODY DEBATES PUBLIC, PRIVATE FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS
- In Brief
- New, Binding Measures to Target Illegal Fishing
- EU Adopts Climate Energy Goals
- Marine Protection to Expand in Shipping Hotspot
- NGOs Accuse Japan of Pushing Toxics in Bilateral Trade Agreements
- US Rice Contamination Crisis Continues
- Mali Meeting Advocates Food Sovereignty
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 4 2nd March 2007
- SCIENTISTS URGE UN TO TAKE ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
- COUNTRIES SET STAGE FOR DEBATE ON SUSTAINABILITY OF TRADE AT CITES CONFERENCE
- STANDARD LAUNCHED FOR COLLECTION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS
- In Brief
- Global Organic Agriculture Continues to Grow
- EU Ministers Uphold Hungary's GM Ban
- New Report Highlights Trade-Related Measures for Fisheries Management
- Illegal Wildlife Trade Initiative Goes Global
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 3 16th February 2007
- TRADE FEATURES PROMINENTLY AT UNEP GOVERNING COUNCIL
- DISCLOSURE OF ORIGIN AGAIN ON THE TRIPS COUNCIL AGENDA
- DISCLOSURE OF ORIGIN AGAIN ON THE TRIPS COUNCIL AGENDA
- COMMENTARY: SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT AND TRADE: ARE THEY COMPATIBLE?
- In Brief
- Ministers Agree Steps to Regulate Mercury
- International Whaling Body in Crisis
- Dutch Company to Pay for Toxics Clean-Up in Abidjan
- Beluga Caviar Back on the Market
- Events
- Events
- Resources
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Number 2 2nd February 2007
- DOHA ROUND NEGOTIATIONS OFFICIALLY RE-LAUNCHED
- LANDMARK CLIMATE REPORT LINKS HUMAN ACTIVITY TO GLOBAL WARMING
- US RELEASES DRAFT FARM BILL; TRADING PARTNERS CHALLENGE CORN SUBSIDIES
- ABS EXPERTS FLESH OUT CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN
- COMMENTARY: CONTINENTAL COLLISION - REFLECTIONS ON GLOBALISATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT
- In Brief
- WTO Members Discuss Information Exchange with MEAs
- Sushi: Not So Good for Tuna Stocks
- Greenpeace Calls for Halt to Fish Trade
- Opinions Clash Over GM Crops
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 1 19th January 2007
- CLIMATE CHANGE HIGH ON 2007 GLOBAL AGENDA
- CONFERENCE CONCLUDES INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF DESERTIFICATION
- In Brief
- CITES Lifts Caspian Caviar Ban
- EU, Indonesia Collaborate to Prevent Illegal Logging
- Environment Negotiations Low on Priority List of WTO Members
- EU Member States Back Austrian Ban on Biotech Products
- FAO: Livestock Diversity Dwindling
- EU Agrees Mild Cod Quota Cuts
- Events
- Events
- Resources
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