http://www.intracen.org//layouts/RSSFeed.aspx?id=48926Traditional honey collection in Zambia (1905) – a practice still in use today and exported to speciality marketshttp://www.intracen.org/news/Packaging-for-the-organic-food-sector-–-a-new-guide-from-ITC/09/21/2012 2:55:46 AMThis month, as a part of the Rio+20 Conference, ITC’s trade and environment team held a series of events, focused on identifying concrete ways that developing country exporters can benefit from the transition to a green economy.http://www.intracen.org/news/ITC39s-Rio+20-events-put-spotlight-on-green-opportunities/06/22/2012 6:23:16 AMWHO: The International Trade Centre (ITC), a joint agency of the UN and WTO, is hosting side-events within Rio+20 which focus on trade opportunities in the green economy. WHY:There are new and innovative opportunities in trade for sustainable development...http://www.intracen.org/news/Events-focus-on-trade-and-the-green-economy/06/14/2012 5:14:26 AMThere are more than 500,000 garbage collectors — or catadores — in Brazil who are grouped under the AnCat association and make their living from recycling what others throw away. 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Economic progress...http://www.intracen.org/article/Green-Growth-an-imperative-of-economic-development/03/30/2012 5:27:16 AMWhen countries convene at this year’s United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, both the venue, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, and the overall objective of the conference, sustainable&#160; development, will be the same as 20 years ago at the...http://www.intracen.org/article/Environmental-policy-contributing-to-poverty-eradication/03/30/2012 5:18:37 AMWomen represent half the global population, but they are almost invisible as suppliers to large procurement organizations. In developing countries like India, the majority of women workers are part of the unorganized sector making it difficult to track...http://www.intracen.org/news/Self-Employed-Women’s-Association’s-SEWA-Gitanjali-stationery-unit---a-“centre-of-green-livelihood”/02/24/2012 11:37:25 AMITC, lead agency of the Vietnamese Joint Programme for Green Production and Trade, has agreed to set up close cooperation with CBI’s Export Coaching Programme to support the country's home decoration and home textiles sector together...http://www.intracen.org/news/New-partnership-between-ITC-and-the-Netherlands-based-Centre-for-the-Promotion-of-Imports-CBI-in-Vietnam/11/28/2011 7:42:48 AMThrough its Trade, Climate Change and Environment Programme (TCCEP), ITC is strengthening the competitiveness of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and trade support institutions (TSIs) in agri-environmental sectors in developing countries....http://www.intracen.org/article/Agri-environment-as-a-market-opportunity/09/28/2011 8:37:57 AMThe recent drought-related famine in East Africa has put the focus on the need to make smarter use of existing water resources and, where possible, make more water available for food production. Smart water management technologies will provide the...http://www.intracen.org/article/Water-Smart-The-role-of-water-and-technology-in-food-security/09/28/2011 4:29:40 AMTHE CASE AGAINST GMOsInnovative agri-ecological solutions – how organic farming shows the way  The challenge of achieving food security is not so much a matter of producing more food but rather of improving access to what is already being produced...http://www.intracen.org/article/2nd-Opinion-Piece-Genetically-modified-organisms-in-agriculture-–-the-arguments-AGAINST/09/28/2011 4:04:23 AMTHE CASE FOR GMOs:The global trade in agricultural commodities: GM crops are here to stayIn the spring of 2011, newspapers reported that animal feed imports to the European Union (EU) would soon be allowed to contain trace amounts (0.1%) of genetically...http://www.intracen.org/article/1st-Opinion-Piece-Genetically-modified-organisms-in-agriculture-–-the-arguments-FOR/09/28/2011 3:51:13 AMThe rapidly evolving green growth paradigm shift that all nations are embracing at a policy level, with the buy-in of industry and civil society, provides an unparalleled opportunity to leverage the massive socio-economic power of travelism...http://www.intracen.org/article/Tourism-amp-travel-in-the-green-economy/07/27/2011 8:13:40 AMITC projecthttp://www.intracen.org/Enhancing-sustainable-tourism-clean-production-and-export-capacity---Laos/07/21/2011 10:47:09 AMAs part of its ‘Strategy 2020’ objective for inclusive growth, the Asian Development Bank’s Energy for All initiative promotes new approaches to scaling up access to energy for the poor.http://www.intracen.org/article/Asian-Development-Bank39s-Energy-for-All-Initiative/07/21/2011 8:24:46 AMLighting Africa, a joint International Finance Corporation (IFC) and World Bank programme, is mobilizing the private sector to build sustainable markets that provide safe, affordable and modern off-grid lighting to Africa’s un-electrified communities....http://www.intracen.org/article/Lighting-Africa-Catalyzing-markets-for-modern-off-grid-lighting/07/20/2011 10:31:09 AM<p> Exporters, producers and retailers can now compare dozens of different voluntary standards in one place. ITC's new Standards Map website (<a target="_blank" title="www.standardsmap.org" href="http://www.standardsmap.org">www.standardsmap.org</a>) is the first comprehensive database on voluntary standards such as Fairtrade, Forest Stewardship Council, Marine Stewardship Council, GlobalG.A.P. and others....</p>http://www.intracen.org/news/New-website-compares-voluntary-sustainability-standards/03/16/2011 4:03:11 PMWith biofuels becoming more prominent on the global market, production is being expanded in Brazil, Asia and Africa. This expansion has environmental groups concerned that sugar cane's environmental impact  outweighs the economic and social benefits.http://www.intracen.org/Global-Standards-Sweeten-Sugar-for-Buyers/02/24/2011 6:41:39 PM<p> ITC project aimed at strengthening the cooperation between trade support institutions in the region.</p>http://www.intracen.org/layouts/three-column.aspx?pageid=49080&id=1063401/17/2011 6:38:46 AM<p> Viet Nam One UN 2010-01-01 2012-12-31 one I946 true </p>http://www.intracen.org/layouts/three-column.aspx?pageid=49080&id=145812/08/2010 4:23:16 AMTraditional honey collection in Zambia (1905) – a practice still in use today and exported to speciality marketshttp://www.intracen.org/news/Packaging-for-the-organic-food-sector-–-a-new-guide-from-ITC/09/21/2012 2:55:46 AMThis month, as a part of the Rio+20 Conference, ITC’s trade and environment team held a series of events, focused on identifying concrete ways that developing country exporters can benefit from the transition to a green economy.http://www.intracen.org/news/ITC39s-Rio+20-events-put-spotlight-on-green-opportunities/06/22/2012 6:23:16 AMWHO: The International Trade Centre (ITC), a joint agency of the UN and WTO, is hosting side-events within Rio+20 which focus on trade opportunities in the green economy. WHY:There are new and innovative opportunities in trade for sustainable development...http://www.intracen.org/news/Events-focus-on-trade-and-the-green-economy/06/14/2012 5:14:26 AMThere are more than 500,000 garbage collectors — or catadores — in Brazil who are grouped under the AnCat association and make their living from recycling what others throw away. To ensure that their role in creating a sustainable society gets the attention...http://www.intracen.org/news/Brazil’s-catadores-to-voice-their-views-at-RIO+20/06/12/2012 5:09:19 AMExport opportunities in global markets can spur growth and create jobs, but these opportunities are only sustainable if consideration is given to the environmental and social dimensions of trade development and the relationship between these and competitiveness....http://www.intracen.org/article/Sustainable-results-prove-the-power-of-inclusion/03/30/2012 5:32:39 AMAs the world recovers from the economic downturn that followed the 2008 financial crisis, it has become clear that industrial development models created in the past are increasingly unsustainable, both economically and environmentally. Economic progress...http://www.intracen.org/article/Green-Growth-an-imperative-of-economic-development/03/30/2012 5:27:16 AMWhen countries convene at this year’s United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, both the venue, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, and the overall objective of the conference, sustainable&#160; development, will be the same as 20 years ago at the...http://www.intracen.org/article/Environmental-policy-contributing-to-poverty-eradication/03/30/2012 5:18:37 AMWomen represent half the global population, but they are almost invisible as suppliers to large procurement organizations. In developing countries like India, the majority of women workers are part of the unorganized sector making it difficult to track...http://www.intracen.org/news/Self-Employed-Women’s-Association’s-SEWA-Gitanjali-stationery-unit---a-“centre-of-green-livelihood”/02/24/2012 11:37:25 AMITC, lead agency of the Vietnamese Joint Programme for Green Production and Trade, has agreed to set up close cooperation with CBI’s Export Coaching Programme to support the country's home decoration and home textiles sector together...http://www.intracen.org/news/New-partnership-between-ITC-and-the-Netherlands-based-Centre-for-the-Promotion-of-Imports-CBI-in-Vietnam/11/28/2011 7:42:48 AMThrough its Trade, Climate Change and Environment Programme (TCCEP), ITC is strengthening the competitiveness of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and trade support institutions (TSIs) in agri-environmental sectors in developing countries....http://www.intracen.org/article/Agri-environment-as-a-market-opportunity/09/28/2011 8:37:57 AMThe recent drought-related famine in East Africa has put the focus on the need to make smarter use of existing water resources and, where possible, make more water available for food production. Smart water management technologies will provide the...http://www.intracen.org/article/Water-Smart-The-role-of-water-and-technology-in-food-security/09/28/2011 4:29:40 AMTHE CASE AGAINST GMOsInnovative agri-ecological solutions – how organic farming shows the way  The challenge of achieving food security is not so much a matter of producing more food but rather of improving access to what is already being produced...http://www.intracen.org/article/2nd-Opinion-Piece-Genetically-modified-organisms-in-agriculture-–-the-arguments-AGAINST/09/28/2011 4:04:23 AMTHE CASE FOR GMOs:The global trade in agricultural commodities: GM crops are here to stayIn the spring of 2011, newspapers reported that animal feed imports to the European Union (EU) would soon be allowed to contain trace amounts (0.1%) of genetically...http://www.intracen.org/article/1st-Opinion-Piece-Genetically-modified-organisms-in-agriculture-–-the-arguments-FOR/09/28/2011 3:51:13 AMThe rapidly evolving green growth paradigm shift that all nations are embracing at a policy level, with the buy-in of industry and civil society, provides an unparalleled opportunity to leverage the massive socio-economic power of travelism...http://www.intracen.org/article/Tourism-amp-travel-in-the-green-economy/07/27/2011 8:13:40 AMITC projecthttp://www.intracen.org/Enhancing-sustainable-tourism-clean-production-and-export-capacity---Laos/07/21/2011 10:47:09 AMAs part of its ‘Strategy 2020’ objective for inclusive growth, the Asian Development Bank’s Energy for All initiative promotes new approaches to scaling up access to energy for the poor.http://www.intracen.org/article/Asian-Development-Bank39s-Energy-for-All-Initiative/07/21/2011 8:24:46 AMLighting Africa, a joint International Finance Corporation (IFC) and World Bank programme, is mobilizing the private sector to build sustainable markets that provide safe, affordable and modern off-grid lighting to Africa’s un-electrified communities....http://www.intracen.org/article/Lighting-Africa-Catalyzing-markets-for-modern-off-grid-lighting/07/20/2011 10:31:09 AM<p> Exporters, producers and retailers can now compare dozens of different voluntary standards in one place. ITC's new Standards Map website (<a target="_blank" title="www.standardsmap.org" href="http://www.standardsmap.org">www.standardsmap.org</a>) is the first comprehensive database on voluntary standards such as Fairtrade, Forest Stewardship Council, Marine Stewardship Council, GlobalG.A.P. and others....</p>http://www.intracen.org/news/New-website-compares-voluntary-sustainability-standards/03/16/2011 4:03:11 PMWith biofuels becoming more prominent on the global market, production is being expanded in Brazil, Asia and Africa. This expansion has environmental groups concerned that sugar cane's environmental impact  outweighs the economic and social benefits.http://www.intracen.org/Global-Standards-Sweeten-Sugar-for-Buyers/02/24/2011 6:41:39 PM