1. Indicators for Sustainable Wild Trade
19 November 2015, 13:00–17:00, Rhin Room, IEH 2, Geneva
The 2030 Agenda for development, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and
Addis Ababa Action Agenda, sets out commitments to the sustainable use of marine and
terrestrial ecosystems and to the use of trade as means of implementation for the
achievement of the broader framework. Measuring and monitoring the sustainability of
trade in wildlife and ecosystem services will require a solid set of usable indicators
covering the activity’s economic, social, legal, cultural and biological aspects. This
dialogue will bring together a cross-section of experts working on trade, conservation,
and sustainability to explore the indicators we have and the indicators we need to help
policy-makers and practitioners ensure that any trade in wild goods and services is
sustainable. The discussion will cover indicators for wild trade and the 2030 Agenda,
indicators for voluntary standards for wild trade, and a concluding session that will draw
the discussion together.
Agenda
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Session 1: Indicators for wild trade and the 2030 Agenda
Moderator: Frank Vorhies, Earthmind
Presenter: Alice Tipping, Senior Programme Officer, ICTSD
Presenter: Dena Cator, SSC Network Head, IUCN
Open discussion
15:00 Session 2: Indicators in voluntary standards for wild trade
Moderator: Jesse Hastings, Lecturer, National University of Singapore
Presenter: Michael t’Sas-Rolfes, PhD candidate, University of Oxford
Presenter: Eduardo Escobedo, Executive Director, RESP
Presenter: Regina Taymasova, Standards Analyst, ITC
Open discussion
16:00 Session 3: Bringing it together
Moderator: Alice Tipping, Senior Programme Officer, ICTSD
Presenter: Colman O’Criodain, Wildlife Trade Lead, WWF
Presenter: Mark Halle, Vice President, Strategy, IISD
Open discussion
17:00 Concluding remarks