Environmental Assessment
and Capacity Building for Free Trade in the Andean Region: Peru
With support of
USAID and USEPA
Lima, Perú,
April 25,2006 |
Background: |
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The workshop served as a forum to discuss challenges and
opportunities related to trade and environment, but mainly for the
textile and forestry sectors in Peru in the context of Trade
Liberalization. However, the main objective was to peer review with
stakeholders from different sectors the preliminary results in the
draft "Environmental Assessment of Free Trade in Peru" conducted by
the Department of Sustainable Development (DSD) of the Organization
of American States (OAS) with support of the Peruvian Society of
Environmental Law (SPDA). This assessment is part of the "
Environmental Assessment and Capacity Building for Free Trade in the
Andean Region initiative, executed by DSD with support of USAID and
USEPA and organizations such as SPDA, the Ecuadorian Center for
Environmental Law (CEDA) and the Colombian Institute for
Environmental Law. Written comments to the draft document (available
only in Spanish) posted below can be sent by
email until June 1,
2006.
Note: All Documents
related to this Workshop are available in Spanish only. |
Welcome and opening remarks |
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Ambassador Ronalth Ochaeta, Representative of the OAS in Perú.
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Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, Executive Director SPDA
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Mariano Castro, Executive Secretary, National Council for the
Environment of Peru (CONAM)
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Integration of Trade and
Environment Policies |
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Challenges and Opportunities for Environmental Management in
FTAs: Perspectives for Peru with a new FTA.
Ernesto Guevara Lam,
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism.
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Integrated Assessments as Public Policy planning tools.
Claudia S. de Windt, OAS
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Environmental Assessments of Trade, Linkages and Relevance for
the Andean Region:Methodology and Scope.
Maria Amparo Alban, CEDA.
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Effects,
Challenges and Opportunities: The Peru Assessment |
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Open Discussion |
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Documents |
Agenda,
Draft for Comments and Review "Environmental Assessment of Free
Trade in Peru"
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