Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest • Volume 7 • Number 9 • 13th March 2003
Resources
If you have a relevant resource (books, papers, bulletins, etc.) you would like to see announced in this section, please forward a copy for review by the BRIDGES staff to resources@ictsd.ch. Submissions of publications to ICTSD’s documentation centre would also be welcomed (see mailing address below).
NOTE ON THE HARBINSON DRAFT ON MODALITIES IN THE WTO AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS. Agricultural Policy Research Division,Danish Research Institute of Food Economics (11 March 2003). This report analyses the most recent draft in the ongoing WTO agriculture negotiations — the Harbinson Draft — aiming at assessing the consequences of such its proposed compromise proposal. The authors conclude that the draft indeed represents a fair compromise proposal, not least in the light of the very significant differences of interest that exist among the key players in the negotiations. To access the note, visit: http://www.foi.dk/engelsk/index.htm.
JUDICIAL APPROACHES TO TRADE AND ENVIROMENT: THE EC AND THE WTO. By Nicola Notario (Cameron May International Law Publishers). This piece compares European Court of justice (ECJ) decisions and GATT/WTO rulings regarding trade and environment issues. This publication is divided into three main areas: the treatment reserved by the ECJ to the trade and environment conflict, GATT/WTO case-law on trade and environment, and analysis built upon the first two areas. For further information visit: http://www.jus.uio.no/lm/cameronmay/cm.html.
THE WTO’S PROBLEMATIC "LAST RESORT" AGAINST NONCOMPLIANCE. By Steve Charnovitz, 2002. This piece looks at the WTO dispute settlement system from two perspectives, the system itself and suggests that he WTO make greater use of public opinion. For further information, see: http://www.siaw.unisg.ch/org/siaw/web.nsf/wwwAUWIausgabe/14FD2E79A5F0195FC1256CD70047C232.
"Global Climate," by Hermann E. Ott in the YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 13 (2002). The article provides an overview of international climate policy 2002 and the results of the climate conference in New Delhi. To view the article, see: http://www.wupperinst.org/download/Warning-Signs-Ott.pdf.
COMPANY-COMMUNITY FORESTRY PARTNERSHIPS: FROM RAW DEALS TO MUTUAL GAINS? By James Mayers and Sonja Vermeulen, IIED 2002. This report examines a set of partnerships between companies and communities in the area of forestry, and tries to assess whether or not there are any substantial results created through these associations. For further information, see: http://www.iied.org/psf/publications_def.html#partnerships.
INTEGRATING LOCAL AND GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY VALUES: A REVIEW OF BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT. By Sonja Vermeulen and Izabella Koziell, IIED 2002. The authors argue that there is a new awareness of the need for biodiversity assessments. The book examines some assessment tools, and examples of actual practice, to identify how biodiversity assessments do and could integrate the different values that people attach to biological variety and variability. For further information, see: http://www.earthprint.com/go.htm?to=9100IIED.
"Sustainable growth criteria: minimum benchmarks and scenarios for employment and the environment" by Joachim H. Spangenberg, Ines Omann, Friedrich Hinterberger in ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS 42 (3, 2002). The authors argue that, despite examination of the relationship between economic growth and environmental impact, no operational set of simple criteria has been developed as of yet to assess the sustainability of a given growth pattern. This paper attempts to sketch out such criteria, and to assess them by applying them to trans-disciplinary sustainability scenarios and model simulations.
STATE OF WORLD FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE 2002. By the UN Forestry and Agriculture Organisation 2003. This publication is released every two years with the purpose of providing policymakers, civil society and stakeholders of the fisheries sector a comprehensive, global view of capture fisheries and aquaculture. It is divided into five parts, and considers trends in production, utilisation and trade in fisheries resources, and selected issues facing fishers and aquaculture, such as: implementing the ecosystem approach to capture fisheries management; reliable statistics as an essential basis for effective fisheries management; catch certification and documentation; poverty alleviation in small-scale fishing communities; and antibiotic residues in aquaculture products. To access the report, visit: http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/y7300e/y7300e00.htm.