The impact of trade liberalization on agricultural biological diversity

Page 2 The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Agricultural Biological Diversity The designations employed and the presentation of Thanks to AlphaPresse and Still Pictures for the material in this publication do not imply the photos used on the cover of this publication expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological UNEP/Orjan Furubjelke - Fruit M [...] The Conference of the Parties to the Convention expressed this interest by request- ing the Secretariat to undertake analytical work on the impact of trade liberalization on agricultural biodiversity. [...] This description served as a basis to by the Executive Secretary of the Convention on extrapolate probable impacts of liberalization on Biological Diversity (CBD) that was prepared for changes in relative prices, and to further explore consideration by the Conference of the Parties to how changes in relative prices alter the allocation of the CBD at its seventh meeting, held in Kuala resources wit [...] The Lumpur, Malaysia, in February 2004.1 This note impacts of altered allocations within agricultural was prepared pursuant to decision VI/5 of the production – in particular the alternations in land Conference of the Parties, on agricultural biologi- use and the level of production intensity – on cal diversity. [...] Pertinent recent studies and other publications, in particular 4. The present study addresses in more detail the on country-specific data, were subsequently role of one of the items of the WTO trade included to update the information contained in liberalization agenda, namely, the “substantial the document.