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Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/239; WT/TPR/S/239 G-IV§55; S-IV§41 Papua New Guinea 2011 Sectors Forestry
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Draft National Forest Development Guidelines, underpinning the National Forest Plan, were prepared in 2009, with efforts to preserve forests under carbon-trading schemes for environmental reasons representing a potential threat to the logging industry, with unclear implications for the PNG economy
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Clean
Climate
Environment
Forest
MEAs
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/239 S-IV§48, 54, Box IV.1 2011 Sectors Fisheries
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PNG's fisheries management consists of a number of Fisheries Management Plans designed to manage the main fisheries sustainably, based on estimates of total allowable catch
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Conservation
Fish
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/239 S-IV§49 2011 Sectors Fisheries
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Since 2008, the purse seine fishery in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean has been managed under the Vessel Day Scheme (VDS), a management and conservation measure adopted by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
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Conservation
Fish
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/239 S-IV§60 2011 Sectors Mining
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A Chinese-owned 20-year nickel and cobalt mine, initially due to start in 2010, was recently delayed due to court action regarding environmental concerns
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Environment
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/239 S-IV§61, 64 2011 Sectors Mining
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The PNG Sustainable Development Program Ltd was established in 2002 with the aim to support selected sustainable development programmes, especially in Western province
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Sustainable
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/239 S-IV§118 2011 Sectors Services
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The National Maritime Safety Authority handles safety (National maritime Safety Authority Act 2003), and is responsible for registration of domestic merchant vessels, and for controlling shipping pollution in PNG waters
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Pollution
Government TPR WT/TPR/G/245 G-VI§93 Paraguay 2011 Trade Policy Framework
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A national plan for the development of sustainable aquaculture was also established, with eight areas of action for developing this sector
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Sustainable
Government TPR WT/TPR/G/245 G-VI§104 2011 Trade Policy Framework
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The Programme of Comprehensive Support for Microenterprises (PAIM-FOCEM) seeks to enhance the quality of products and/or services, lift sales and earnings, promote sustainable development and thus reduce poverty
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Sustainable
Government TPR WT/TPR/G/245 G-VI§106-107 2011 Trade Policy Framework
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The MERCOSUR economic integration and sustainable development programme (ECONORMAS-MERCOSUR) is under way, pursuing four lines of action including, inter alia, sustainable production and consumption; action to combat desertification and the impact of drought; implementation of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)
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Desertification
Sustainable
Forest
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/245/REV.1 S-II§28; Box II.2 2011 Trade Policy Framework
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Paraguay has co-sponsored a communication which relates to the relationship between the TRIPS Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity, proposing that applicants for patent protection should be required to disclose the origin of biological resources and/or associated traditional knowledge and provide evidence of prior informed consent and fair and equitable benefit sharing
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Bio