Trade and Environment

in the Americas Project.

The Department of Sustainable Development (DSD) of the Organization of American status (OAS) is working to respond to trade-related capacity building needs in the area of environmental management, through a project, executed with the support of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).  The project addresses priority challenges of OAS Member States in the following areas:

(a) Cluster 1:Sound management of chemicals, More...

(b) Cluster  2: Enhancing public participation and effective enforcement of environmental laws, More...

(c) Cluster  3: Improving market-based approaches to the conservation of biological diversity, through the support of Payment for Ecological Service (PES), and, More...

(d) Cluster  4: Strengthening educational capacities in trade and environment, through the development and dissemination of a “tool kit” on trade and sustainable development .More..

 
The Trade and Environment project is guided by a Steering Committee that provide policy advice on the project’s activities.

Documents and links

 

Environmental provisions in Trade Agreements,

   Data Base

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Environmental Assessments and Capacity Building  for

   Trade Liberalization in the Americas

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Environmental Law in the Americas

 

   

OAS/DSD supports OECD Workshop on Regional Trade Agreements and the Environment. More..

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Environmental provisions in Trade Agreements, Data Base

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OAS launches course to strengthen environmental aspects of trade agreements in Guatemala. 

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 Report. Meeting of Environmental Law Advisory Group l More...

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Other Initiatives in this area:

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Environmental Assessments and Capacity Building  for Trade Liberalization in the Americas

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Environmental Law in the Americas

 

               

 

August, 4-5, 2008. Guatemala. Trade and environment toolkit for Government Officials.  More...

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March 31 – April 4, 2008. Dominican Republic.. Trade and environment toolkit. More...

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 November, 26-30, 2007. Peru. Trade and environment toolkit. More..

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 October, 15-19, 2007. Nicaragua. Trade and environment toolkit. More..

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October, 3-5,  2007. Managua, Nicaragua. Workshop on pesticides in Central America. More...l Inventoryl Report

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August 31, 2007. Washington D.C.  Meeting of Environmental Law Advisory Group of the OAS Department of Sustainable Development. More..

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This page was last updated on Wednesday September 29, 2010.