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Assessing NGO-business liasons for biodiversity: achievements and problems

Organizer
Grupo de Reflexion Rural

Date and Time
22 March 2006 18:30 - 20:15

Meeting
Eighth Ordinary Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 8)

¨Case studies of Dialogues between NGOs and the private sector. Examples of agricultural commodities (such as ¨the Round Table on Sustainable Soy¨) and fossil fuel; Carbon Trading as mitigation measure for Climate Change. Some of these joint efforts have been strongly criticised for not achieving substantial results. Up till now, what are the experiences regarding the commitments made by the private sector?