Linking Trade and Biodiversity

UNCTAD convened the 5th BioTrade Congress “Linking trade and biodiversity” to provide a platform for substantive discussion among trade, biodiversity and development decision-makers and practitioners to support the 2030 Agenda and the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity of “Living in Harmony with Nature” and provide inputs to the post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. The congress enabled practitioners to share best practices and lessons learned in implementing innovative business and trade models to help upscale biodiversity conservation, sustainable trade of biodiversity-based goods and services, and increase private sector engagement in the biodiversity agenda. This publication summarizes the key discussions and conclusions of the 5th BioTrade Congress.