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• About BTFP • Value chains • Trade Promotion • Sustainable Use • Benefit-sharing •
| Objective |
Facilitates sustainable trade
in biodiversity products and services, through innovative
collaborative arrangements that enhance sustainable
bio-resources management, product development, value-added
processing and marketing. |
| Duration |
Five years |
| Operational start
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1 July 2003 |
| Implementing agency |
UNCTAD |
| International partners |
ITC, CBI, SIPPO, |
| Regional partners |
Southern African region:
PhytoTrade Africa (Botswana, Namibia, Malawi, South Africa,
Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
Amazonian region: Bolsa Amazonia |
| National partners |
South America: National
BioTrade Programmes in Bolivia, Brazil Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Africa: National BioTrade
Programme in Uganda
Asia: Vietnam |
| Donors |
Government of Switzerland
Government of the Netherlands |
| Remarks |
- BTFP is
a WSSD type-2 partnership.
- ITC acts as technical advisor.
- BTFP is guided by a Donor Committee and an Advisory Board (composed
of donors and partners). |
Document:
BTFP info on the UN Partners for Sustainable Development website
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