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Chair Galmes Issues Negotiations Update; Divisions Remain
The Chair of the negotiations on fisheries subsidies recently tabled a text taking stock of the current state of the talks, which remain divided. This new text comes as the Chairs of key negotiating areas in the Doha round, such as agriculture and industrial market access, have issues revised draft texts (see Bridges Weekly, 28…
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Marathon Biodiversity Meetings Stake Out Road towards Regimes on Liability and Redress, Access and Benefit-Sharing
International negotiations on biodiversity-related issues — taking place throughout most of May in Bonn, Germany — have dealt with a number of political and legal issues, reaching conclusions on some, but also extending key processes, such as the negotiations on a regime for liability and redress within the biosafety framework. The largest ever gathering on…
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EU Appeals Latest Beef-Hormone Ruling
On 29 May, the EU appealed a WTO ruling on a long-standing case related to European restrictions on imports of hormone-treated beef from the US and Canada. The ruling, released on 31 March, faulted all three parties to the case for not adhering to WTO rules and procedures (see Bridges Trade Biores, 4 April 2008, http://www.ictsd.org/biores/08-04-04/story2.htm).…
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Report: Global Fisheries Under Threat
Global fisheries have little capacity to withstand any increase in fishing activities, according to a new report on the state of world marine stocks. “Too Few Fish: A regional assessment of the world’s fisheries,” released on 26 May by the environmental group Oceana, maintains that more than 80 percent of the world’s fisheries cannot survive increased…
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Review of China at WTO Highlights Energy, Natural Resource Use
A recent review of China’s economy conducted at the WTO focused, among other, on policy issues in the area of environment and natural resource management. The Trade Policy Review (TPR) recommended the country to implement policies that require polluters to take on their environmental costs. China has enjoyed impressive economic growth since 2006, but faces challenges…
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GE Trees Hot Button Issue Among Biodiversity Experts
A number of environmental groups participating in recent meetings under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have stepped up their campaign against genetically modified (GE) trees. The STOP GE Trees Campaign, which currently consists of 137 member organisations in 34 countries around the world, called for an immediate ban on genetically engineered trees, urging the CBD…
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G-8 Environment Ministers Seek Electronics Recycling Solutions
Japan’s environment minister, Ichiro Kamoshita, chaired a meeting in Kobe, Japan on climate change, biodiversity, and an initiative on 3R (reuse, reduce, recycle) with regard to electronics waste, among his fellow ministers within the groups of eight highly industrialised countries. The meeting served as preparation for the G-8 Summit, scheduled to take place in Hokkaido Toyako…
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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 1-5 June, Sao Paolo, Brazil. 12TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON ENVIRONMENTAL LAW. The 12th International Congress on Environmental Law of the World Conservation Union presents an opportunity for dialogue…
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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. GLOBAL MONITORING REPORT 2008: MDGS AND THE ENVIRONMENT: AGENDA FOR INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. The World Bank, April 2008. Global Monitoring Report…