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International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)

The decline of global fish stocks has implications for both the food security and the livelihoods of many communities around the world. A World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement on the prohibition of harmful fisheries subsidies, currently under negotiation, could make an important contribution to the sustainability of global fisheries.

Overfishing, Overfished Stocks, and the Current WTO Negotiations on Fisheries Subsidies aims to clarify key fisheries management concepts relevant to the ongoing WTO negotiations on fisheries subsidies, in order to support progress towards new rules.

 

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
This report Assessing Implementation of Environmental Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements assesses the progress of the implementation of environmental provisions in regional trade agreements (RTAs).
Umweltbundesamt (German Federal Environment Agency)
This report Analysis of Risks and Opportunities of Linking Emissions Trading Systems summarises the key findings of the project ‘Analysis of Risks and Opportunities of Linking the EU-ETS with other Emissions Trading Systems – further development of criteria and methods’.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Forest business incubation is a support process that accelerates the successful development of sustainable businesses in forest landscapes. There is much to develop. The aggregate gross annual value from smallholder producers within forest landscapes may be as much as US$1.3 trillion.

Forest Business Incubation: Towards Sustainable Forest and Farm Producer Organisation (FFPO) Businesses that Ensure Climate Resilient Landscapes demonstrates how to overcome business incubation challenges in remote forest landscapes. These may include low densities of educated entrepreneurs, high logistical costs, scarce infrastructure to differentiate products, and few capable business mentors. The book includes an introduction to the forest business incubation service delivery model, detailed case studies are presented of attempts to deliver business incubation services in forest landscapes, an analysis of the data presented by the case studies and some observations and conclusions about how best to develop forest business incubation in the service of both forests and people.

International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
The ICTSD policy brief Advancing Multilateral Trade Negotiations on Fisheries Subsidies outlines the key options on the table in the core substantive elements of the current negotiating texts on fisheries subsidies.