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    Nature-positive trade: How can trade in support of the circular economy facilitate the delivery of biodiversity targets? 

    Circular economy is a system focused on extending the lifetime of materials. It moves away from a linear mode of production with waste at the end of the chain, to a circular mode of production in which materials are designed to remain in use as long as possible and where products and byproducts of production…

    Nature-positive trade: How can trade in support of the circular economy facilitate the delivery of biodiversity targets? 
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    “Regulations, Agro-Commodity Production, and Zero Deforestation”. TRADE Hub Brazil presents its findings to policymakers, journalists and experts 

    The International Institute of Sustainability (IIS) hosted a final event presenting project findings from the vast array of research papers and tools developed as part of the TRADE Hub in Brazil. The event was hosted at the AYA Earth Hub in Sao Paulo on 29 February 2024 and focused on understanding soy and cattle supply chains, and the national and global policies governing deforestation across major biomes such as the Amazon and Cerrado. To explore these themes, an audience of policymakers, journalists and experts tuned in for a series of panels and roundtables with trade and agriculture experts. 

    “Regulations, Agro-Commodity Production, and Zero Deforestation”. TRADE Hub Brazil presents its findings to policymakers, journalists and experts 
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    Driving Action Towards Just and Sustainable Trade: Some Recent TRADE Hub Highlights

    The UK Research and Innovation’s Global Challenges Research Fund is funding the UK Research and Innovation, Global Challenges Research Fund, Trade, Development and the Environment Hub, led by the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). The TRADE Hub is a five-year project, funded until 2024, and is the first research hub of its kind – bringing together over 50 organisations from 15 different countries to help make trade sustainable for people and the planet.   

    Driving Action Towards Just and Sustainable Trade: Some Recent TRADE Hub Highlights

Testimonials

  • “The TRADE Hub has developed solutions to challenges for people and nature across agricultural commodity, wild meat and wildlife supply chains” - Neil Burgess, Principal Investigator

  • "The TRADE Hub united 50 organizations from 15 countries, collaborating across disciplines to generate evidence and solutions for enhancing transparency and governance in the trade system" - Lisen Runsten, Senior Programme Officer