Implications of the African Continental Free Trade Area for Trade and Biodiversity: Policy and Regulatory Recommendations
10 November 2021
A targeted approach under the AfCFTA could thus foster intra-African trade in biological resources and derived value added products and services, while conserving globally significant biodiversity, furthering mitigation of and adaptation to climate change, and improving livelihoods...This study reviews the potential implications of, and opportunities presented by the AfCFTA for legal and sustainable trade in biodiversity/BioTrade and access and benefit-sharing (ABS).
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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. (2021). Implications of the African Continental Free Trade Area for Trade and Biodiversity: Policy and Regulatory Recommendations.
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