#DYK - 931 million tonnes of food were wasted worldwide in 2019. 🔽

🌍Reducing food waste offers an opportunity to address the #climate & #biodiversity crises, as well as issues of human health & justice.

📖Learn more in our dedicated publication: shorturl.at/dPRT4

UN Trade and Development UN Trade and DevelopmentTrade @BioTradeGroup Rebeca Grynspan Indonesian Mission Geneva Colombia en Ginebra 🇨🇴🇨🇭🇺🇳 @OceanEco_UNCTAD UN Biodiversity Chantal L.Carpentier WTO Misión del Ecuador ante la OMC | WTO Mission of Brazil to the WTO 🇧🇷 'We need strategies and legislations to apply the #biotrade principles and criteria while ensuring inclusivity.'

The second panel focused national strategies on #biodiversity that should prioritize & promote biotrade principles across the value chain.

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UN Trade and Development UN Trade and DevelopmentTrade @BioTradeGroup Rebeca Grynspan Indonesian Mission Geneva Colombia en Ginebra 🇨🇴🇨🇭🇺🇳 @OceanEco_UNCTAD UN Biodiversity Chantal L.Carpentier The first plenary panel at the 7th #Biotrade Congress focuses on building towards 'Mainstreaming #Biodiversity into @WTO Processes', as they direct attention towards policies to protect the environment and to end #fossilfuel products and exports.

📢At the UN Trade and Development #BioTradeCongress , Mr. Alejandro Bañol, from the Ministry of Environment & Sustainable Development of 🇨🇴, voiced Colombian wish to see businesses take part in #COP16 , to achieve efficient implementation of the #BiodiversityPlan . ( #KMGBF )

👉Sustainable consumption is crucial for mitigating #Biodiversity loss.
Learn more in Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework . EU Support's publication
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@BioTradeGroup Forest Stewardship Council Consumers International Maria Durleva UN Trade and Development UN Environment Programme
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Congratulations to Ms. Astrid Schomaker for being appointed Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)!

We are excited for the future and welcome her in her new role in this crucial moment of implementing the #BiodiversityPlan .

Advancing shared prosperity through biodiversity-friendly trade.

With the right policy & governance approach, sustainable trade can flourish and, in turn, nourish the very biodiversity on which it relies. ow.ly/wh9I50R3bIj

Next at UN Trade and Development 's 7th #BioTrade Congress.
Benefit sharing and biodiversity conservation through #BioTrade in African Union Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (ABSAP) and the African Continental Free Trade Area and its Protocols (AfCFTA).
Register here: bit.ly/BioTrade-Congr…

El BioComercio como estrategia de impulsar y acelerar el desarrollo local productivo con las acciones de uso sostenible de la biodiversidad. Gran espacio de transferencia de aprendizajes. UN Trade and Development

Congratulations to Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework . EU Support Forest Stewardship Council Consumers International and UN Environment Programme for the publication on 'Empowering change: Unleashing policy innovation towards global sustainable consumption', launched today at UN Trade and Development's 7th #BioTrade Congress. Publication available here:shorturl.at/hkoQS

Gracias Colombia por tan interesantes insumos y la gran labor llevada a cabo en BioComercio!
Nos vemos en Cali para la #COP16 🇨🇴

#PazConLaNaturaleza

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Next at the 7th #BioTrade Congress. Learn how business can support implementation of the goals and targets of the #Biodiversity plan through biodiversity-based supply chains.
Register for the session here: bit.ly/BioTrade-Congr…
#BioTrade #Biodiversity #Trade #Biodiversity plan

Happening now. Experts at UN Trade and Development's 7th #BioTrade Congress discuss Regional BioTrade Achievements and Way Forward at a plenary panel organised by Helvetas.
#BioTrade #Biodiversity #Trade

Up next at UN Trade and Development 7th #BioTrade Congress.
Zooming-in on Africa’s transition to a greener development:
Views by H.E. Ambassador Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko, Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture of the African Union.
🖋Register here: bit.ly/BioTrade-Congr…

Following the enlightening discussions of the first day, the 7th #BioTrade Congress resumes its activities shortly. The first session today, organised by Helvetas will shift attention to 'Regional BioTrade Achievements and the Way Forward'.
Register here: bit.ly/BioTrade-Congr…

Coming up next UN Trade and Development's 7th BioTrade Congress: Watch the plenary session on 'Social Bioeconomy and Trade: Contributions for a Just Transition' organised by the International Trade Centre (ITC).
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#BioTrade #Biodiversity Plan #Biodiversity #Trade

Happening now at UN Trade and Development's 7th #BioTrade Congress. We are honoured by the presence and intervention of H.E Ambassador Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko - Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture of the African Union

Now at the 7th BioTrade Congress: The panel comprising alvin, UN Trade and Development, Global Seaweed Coalition, Notpla and University of West Indies focuses on emerging seaweed industry and its contribution to #biodiversity conservation. Register and join the discussions online: bit.ly/BioTrade-Congr…

Highlights from this morning's sessions at the #BioTrade Congress. Congress resumes at 15h00 CET so if you wish to follow online today and tomorrow discussions on #trade and #biodiversity , register here: bit.ly/BioTrade-Congr…
#BioTrade #Biodiversity Plan #Biodiversity #Trade

Happening now at 7th #BioTrade Congress. Panel of government representatives and experts share lessons learned from the application of #BioTrade Principles and Criteria and information or available trade data analysis tools
#BioTrade #Biodiversity Plan #Biodiversity #Trade #TraBio