{"id":54950,"date":"2016-12-09T10:28:55","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T15:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selasite.azurewebsites.net\/biotrade-is-growing\/"},"modified":"2016-12-09T10:28:55","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T15:28:55","slug":"biotrade-is-growing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/biotrade-is-growing\/","title":{"rendered":"BioTrade is growing exponentially, generating jobs and protecting biodiversity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The trade in sustainable plant and animal products – or \u00abBioTrade\u00bb – is growing exponentially, with export values reaching $4.5 billion in 2015 from $40 million in 2003, according to a new UNCTAD report published recently.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Increased environmental awareness and shifting consumer preferences mean this growth is set to continue, generating jobs and incomes and protecting biodiversity too, says the report, entitled\u00a020 years of BioTrade: Connecting People, the Planet and Markets<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u00abBy applying commercial self-interest to the plants and animals around us, we use trade both to create jobs and livelihoods, but also to protect rare species,\u00bb UNCTAD Secretary-General, Mukhisa Kituyi, said, ahead of an UNCTAD Congress to celebrate 20 years of work on BioTrade around the world.<\/p>\n

The Congress takes place in Cancun, Mexico, on 03 December 2016 to link with the\u00a0Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity<\/a>\u00a0running from 04-17 December.<\/p>\n

\u00abFor developing countries with a wealth of biodiversity, this opportunity has hardly been tapped,\u00bb Dr. Kituyi said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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