Research Project:
BIO-TRADE – Protecting biodiversity through regulating trade and international business

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cris.legacyIdpj00161en_US
cris.sourceIdINTERNAL-SUBMISSION::1dd60a6c-07a9-497b-b495-f6a106717846en_US
cris.sourceIdMIGRATION::pj00161
crispj.coinvestigator.affiliationCentre for Development and Environment (CDE) - Sustainable Governanceen_US
crispj.coinvestigator.affiliationCentre for Development and Environment (CDE) - Just Economies & Human Well Beingen_US
crispj.coinvestigatorsMusselli, Ireneen_US
crispj.coinvestigatorsTribaldos, Theresa Margareteen_US
crispj.investigatorBürgi, Elisabethen_US
crispj.investigator.affiliationCentre for Development and Environment (CDE) - Sustainable Governanceen_US
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dc.date.accessioned2023-05-01T15:49:22Z
dc.date.available2024-07-01T10:37:22Z
dc.description.abstractInternational supply chains accelerate habitat degradation far from the place of consumption. Soya demand in Germany, for example, is associated with tropical deforestation and biodiversity loss in Brazil. As regards Switzerland, about 70 per cent of its ecological footprint originates from abroad. Trade-related biodiversity losses stem from the import of commodities associated with land use changes and deforestation, and from trade patterns that favour specialized, monoculture-based agricultural systems instead of diversified ones. Project goal The BIO-TRADE project analyses how the EU, its member states, and the EFTA countries can protect biodiversity outside Europe in a socially inclusive way by regulating trade relations, supply chains, and “no net loss” biodiversity policies. The overarching research question is: How can the EU and European countries – including Switzerland – regulate their impacts on biodiversity abroad in such a way that they contribute to positive social-ecological outcomes through effective, fair, and coherent laws and policies? CDE leads the project’s “trade” pillar, focusing on trade-related policy levers to foster biodiversity abroad. The analysis will generate new knowledge on how EU/EFTA states can differentiate between products based on their biodiversity footprint in a fair, proportionate, and context-sensitive manner. This must be consistent with the states’ international obligations to incorporate biodiversity protection in their trade relations. Methods We use a “law in context” approach that combines legal and policy analysis with broader social science methods to critically analyse legal and policy phenomena in their social, economic, and environmental contexts.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipCentre for Development and Environment (CDE) - Just Economies & Human Well Being
dc.description.sponsorshipCentre for Development and Environment (CDE) - Sustainable Governance
dc.identifier.urihttps://boris-portal.unibe.ch/handle/20.500.12422/31158
dc.relation.funding10BD13_204169/1
dc.titleBIO-TRADE – Protecting biodiversity through regulating trade and international businessen_US
dspace.entity.typeProject
oairecerif.project.endDate2024-12-31en_US
oairecerif.project.startDate2022-01-01en_US
oairecerif.project.statusActiveen_US
unibe.isfundedtrueen_US
unibe.project.duration01-01-2022 - 31-12-2024en_US
unibe.project.primarycontactBürgi, Elisabethen_US
unibe.projectprimarycontact.affiliationCentre for Development and Environment (CDE) - Sustainable Governanceen_US
unibe.publication.borisid180861en_US
unibe.publication.titleCould global norms enable definition of sustainable farming systems in a transformative international trade system?en_US

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