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G8 LEADERS STRIKE COMPROMISE ON CLIMATE CHANGE
G8 LEADERS STRIKE COMPROMISE ON CLIMATE CHANGE Heads of state from the Group of Eight major industrialised nations on 7 June managed to strike a compromise on climate change, though they stopped short of adopting specific targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The governments did, however, pledge to cooperate on developing a successor to the Kyoto…
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INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION REAFFIRMS ANTI-WHALING STANCE, JAPAN THREATENS TO WITHDRAW
INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION REAFFIRMS ANTI-WHALING STANCE, JAPAN THREATENS TO WITHDRAW Delegates at a gathering of the world’s only international whaling forum overturned a resolution in favour of commercial whaling, thus upholding a two-decade moratorium on the practice and angering Japan, which has long sought permission to hunt the marine mammals. Tokyo has threatened to withdraw from…
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FISH SUBSIDIES: JAPAN CALLS FOR 'BOTTOM-UP' APPROACH; ACP SEEKS TO PROTECT ACCESS FEES
FISH SUBSIDIES: JAPAN CALLS FOR ‘BOTTOM-UP’ APPROACH; ACP SEEKS TO PROTECT ACCESS FEES Japan and the African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) group of states on 1 June moved to try to protect their interests in the Doha Round fisheries subsidies negotiations, tabling separate proposals ahead of next week’s meeting of the Negotiating Group on Rules. Just…
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CITES Approves One-Time Ivory Sale
Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) have given permission for Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa to export 60 tonnes of stockpiled ivory to Japan. Other African nations are displeased by the decision, saying that it will encourage poaching. The stockpiled ivory comes from elephants that died of natural causes. All three…
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Malaysia, Indonesia Launch PR Campaign to Defend Palm Oil
Malaysia and Indonesia have launched a major publicity campaign to counter accusations that their palm oil industries are causing major environmental damage. The world’s two largest palm-oil producers are reaching out to European lawmakers in an effort to spur demand for the edible oil and biofuel, which has recently languished thanks in part to sharp criticism…
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Trade Included in UN Desertification Convention's Ten-Year Plan
A working group of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has decided to include trade within the strategic plan to enhance the implementation of the convention over the next ten years (2008-2018). At a 29-31 May gathering in Geneva, participants at the fourth meeting of the UNCCD’s Intersessional Intergovernmental Working Group (IIWG) specifically mandated the…
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Meeting the Challenges of Transnational Aquaculture
With close to half the world’s population consuming farm-raised fish, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently convened a conference on aquaculture to address sustainability, safety concerns, and market trends in the rapidly growing sector. Organised in conjunction with the Chinese agriculture ministry, the conference took place place 29-31 May in Qingdao, China. Aquaculture is the…
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Events
For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar, http://www.trade-environment.org/page/calendar.htm. Coming up in the next two weeks 3-15 June, The Hague, Netherlands. FOURTEENTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO CITES. Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora…
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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 for review by the Bridges staff to Malena Sell at msell@ictsd.ch. "Trade Integration, Neoliberal Reform, and Environmental Protection in Mexico: Lessions for the Americas." By Stephen P. Mumme in LATIN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES 34(3)…