Story | 24 កុម្ភៈ, 2008

IUCN Pan-European Newsletter 09: European Trade and Global Biodiversity

This newsletter issue focuses on European Trade and Global Biodiversity, with contributions from the International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development, TRAFFIC, RSPB, the International Institute for Sustainable Development, Greenpeace and the IUCN National Committee for the Netherlands.

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Contents:

Trade, Europe and a livable world (Ricardo Melendez-Ortiz, Director of International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development)
Letter from the Regional Director (Tamás Marghescu, IUCN Regional Director for Europe)
Glossary of environmental trade terms
Sturgeon on the brink of extinction (Alexey Vaisman, Coordinator of TRAFFIC-Russia)
From the Field: Science news and updates
Agriculture trade policy is hugely influential: IUCN Member Interview with Harry Huyton (RSPB)
Europe and trade
The European Union and its role in the international trade in wild animals and plants (Amelie Knapp and Stephanie Theile, TRAFFIC Europe Regional Office, Brussels)
Trade liberalization can be good for the Environment: IUCN Member Interview with Mark Halle (IISD)
Biodiversity is for people: IUCN Member Interview with Stephane Ringuet (WWF)
Tracking trade flows and the sustainability dialogue with industry (Carl Konigel, Henk Hartogh, Erik van Zadelhoff and Mathew Parr, IUCN National Committee for the Netherlands)
Voluntary Partnership Agreements: More than salving Europe’s conscience (Stewart Maginnis, Head, Forest Conservation Programme, IUCN)
EU action on illegal logging: Is it enough? (Sébastien Risso, EU Policy Officer – Forest & Trade, Greenpeace International (EU Unit))
IUCN Calendar of Events