The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), the UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)’s BioTrade Initiative, and Helvetas invite trade-biodiversity related delegates to participate in the webinar on 'Trade and Biodiversity data to support the KMGBF'.

Background

Biodiversity is at the center of many economic activities and directly supports the livelihoods of more than half the world’s population. Biodiversity-based resources are also traded globally with more than half (55%) of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP) being dependent on nature to some extent.

However, trade data -particularly related to the trade biodiversity-based products and services- is scattered, not always comparable nor easily accessible to all stakeholders. This affects decision-making not only at government level but also for businesses and civil society.

To fill this gap, UN Trade and Development’s BioTrade Initiative and the Statistics developed the Trade and Biodiversity (TraBio) Statistical Tool. It contains information on trade flows of biodiversity-based products and selected indicators since 2010 for more than 185 economies for over 1,800 biodiversity-based products.

This tool and the webinar are organized with support of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO under the Global BioTrade Programme: Linking trade, biodiversity and sustainable development.

Objective

This hands-on training webinar on the TraBio Statistical Tool can allow governments, researchers, and other stakeholders to:

• Obtain information useful for their country’s reporting or developing indicators under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF),
• Define the importance of trade of biodiversity-based products to a country’s economy or trade, such as its trade balance, growth in exports and imports, share of total exports and the share of GDP; and
• Provide relevant information for other trade, development, and environmental processes.

What will take place?

A one-hour webinar will be organized online considering the following provisional agenda:

Target audience

• CBD focal points and other actors involved in the implementation of the KMGBF
• Government agencies working in the areas of trade, environment, biodiversity, and development
• Private sector involved in the trade of biodiversity-based products
• Collectives, cooperatives, social enterprises and associations involved in the trade of biodiversity-based products
• International organization working on biodiversity, sustainable development, trade issues and projects