Side Event

Biodiversity and Business

Organizer
United Nations Development Programme

Date and Time
26 May 2008 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 9)

The event will showcase the mainstreaming of biodiversity principles into the private sector – focusing on 3 sectors and the partner institutions; Fair trade/flower production with Marks & Spencer (South Africa), transforming productive practices in the coffee sector by increasing market demand for certified sustainable coffee with the Rainforest Alliance (regional – Latin America), and incorporating biodiversity principles working with industry, particularly the banking sector (Croatia) focusing on the Dalmatian Coast through greening coastal development.