Bridges Trade BioResVolume 1Number 1 • 22nd November 2001

New Publication On Trade And Biological Resources


New Publication On Trade And Biological Resources

The International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) is proud to present a new product to the trade and sustainable development communities: BRIDGES Trade BioRes - Trade and Biological Resources News Digest. This new publication is produced in collaboration with IUCN - The World Conservation Union, and its Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP), in an effort to complement the activities of both organisations on the increasingly important intersection of trade and biological resources.

Please note that we will not be sending you any more issues of BRIDGES Trade BioRes unless you wish us to do so. In order to receive this publication on a regular basis, please send a blank email to subscribe_biores@ictsd.ch. The issues will also be posted on the ICTSD website.

Recipients of the first issue were carefully selected in an effort to target key stakeholders in the trade and sustainable development communities. If you know of others who might be interested in receiving BRIDGES Trade BioRes, we would kindly ask you to forward this issue to them.

BRIDGES Trade BioRes aims to build bridges between diverse and often insulated communities (including policy-makers and those in civil society) working on issues related to biological resources, trade and sustainable development. To this end, the pupblication will continue in the tradition of BRIDGES Weekly Trade News Digest, providing its objective coverage, context setting, reporting and analysis on these intersecting issues. Articles will cover a diverse field of activities as they related to trade policy and development of international governance mechanisms in areas such as biodiversity, traditional knowledge, intellectual property rights, biotechnology, genetically modified organisms, and food security.

The format of BRIDGES Trade BioRes will be closely modelled on the established format of BRIDGES Weekly. The main articles (4-6 per issue) will be grouped under categories, preceding each story title. These "tags" are intended to help the readers to quickly grasp each story’s area of focus. An "Additional Resources" section at the bottom of most articles will provide links to further information sources on the topic. Articles will be complemented by "In brief’s" which provide a concise coverage of recent developments. The final section "Events & Resources" will inform readers of up-coming events and recent publications in the relevant areas.