The Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, has asserted that right standards create the right incentives, reports NaijaAgroNet.
Elizabeth Mrema |
The standards, which are mostly voluntary, help consumers easily identify products that have been produced sustainably.
The UNCTAD-ISEAL workshop recently convened dozens of biodiversity negotiators, experts, importers, exporters and other stakeholders from more than 50 countries.
The discussions highlighted how the sustainable and legal trade of biodiversity-based products and services, such as BioTrade, can create the right incentives for the private sector to conserve and sustainably use biodiversity.
“The need for effective mechanisms, such as sustainability standards, that help shift unsustainable production and consumption patterns that are harmful to biodiversity is crucial,” she said at report launch ahead of the workshop.
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