Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/370/REV.1 |
S-III§160 |
Guinea |
2018 |
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Intellectual property measures |
All products/economic activities |
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(…) It is also party to the (…) Convention on Biological Diversity of 5 January 1992 and its Protocol of 29 October 2010.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/370/REV.1 |
S-IV§3 |
Guinea |
2018 |
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General environmental reference |
Forestry |
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(…) Guinea also possesses substantial ligneous forestry resources, which are at risk from uncontrolled exploitation. Exports of ligneous forestry products amounted to 9,000 tonnes of wood in the rough in 2016.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/370/REV.1 |
S-IV§7 |
Guinea |
2018 |
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Non-monetary support, Other support measures |
Agriculture |
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Since 2012, therefore, as part of its National Policy for Agriculture Development: Vision for 2015, the Government has committed to implementing the West Africa Agricultural Productivity Programme (WAAPP) launched by ECOWAS. (…) The aim of the WAAPP is to sustainably improve agricultural productivity (...) The WAAPP has served, inter alia, to provide improved seeds. (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/370/REV.1 |
S-IV§21 |
Guinea |
2018 |
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Other environmental requirements |
Agriculture |
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There is nothing in the Land and State Property Code of 1992 on the applicable rural land planning rules for improving agricultural, forestry and livestock production, in particular as regards protection and use of protected areas, listed forests and agricultural, pastoral farming and soil restoration areas. (…)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/370/REV.1 |
S-IV§46 |
Guinea |
2018 |
Sectors |
General environmental reference |
Fisheries |
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Despite these natural assets, the sector's contribution to the national economy has significantly diminished since the last TPR in 2011, in particular due to overfishing of several fish stocks, an increasingly weak, under-resourced and ill-adapted governance system, and the lack of investment in sustainable aquaculture. The extent of the overfishing has led to severe depletion of fisheries resources and, consequently, loss of interest in Guinean waters on the part of trading partners.
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Fish
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/370/REV.1 |
S-IV§48 |
Guinea |
2018 |
Sectors |
Other environmental requirements |
Fisheries |
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A key factor, at the international level, in the elaboration of the Policy Framework Document on Fisheries and Aquaculture (DOCPA) was Guinea's inclusion in 2013 in the European Union's list of non-cooperating third countries in fighting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. This acted as a trigger for reforms towards more sustainable use of resources and action to combat IUU fishing. Guinea was delisted and declared to be in conformity in July 2016.
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Fish
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/370/REV.1 |
S-IV§49 |
Guinea |
2018 |
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Other environmental requirements |
Fisheries |
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Efforts were made, inter alia, to assess the status of stocks, which served as a basis for the annual plans for the development and management of fisheries. (…) Thanks to these various campaigns, it was possible to calculate the biomass and determine the exploitable potential in a scientific manner.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/370/REV.1 |
S-IV§50 |
Guinea |
2018 |
Sectors |
General environmental reference |
Fisheries |
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(...) In April 2017, within the framework of its "Hope in West Africa" ship tour conducted in West African waters against IUU fishing, the NGO Greenpeace International produced a damning report on fisheries activities in the seas off Conakry following its deep-sea expeditions. Most of the vessels boarded for illegal fishing were Chinese-owned, reflecting the fact that, according to the authorities, in 2017 the industrial fishing fleet was composed mainly of Chinese vessels.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/370/REV.1 |
S-IV§51 |
Guinea |
2018 |
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The Aquaculture and the Maritime Economy (MPAEM) did nevertheless strive to enforce the regulations. Surveillance was strengthened, with round-the-clock satellite observation, and periodic deployment of air surveillance. Fines were increased. All these measures appear to have helped reduce IUU fishing to some extent. Nonetheless, all available reports confirm that in 2017 a large proportion of the vessels present in Guinea's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) were fishing illegally, most of them in the area officially set aside for small-scale fishing, from which they are banned, and this is liable to lead to the demise of small-scale fishing boats and overfishing of small-scale fishing areas.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/370/REV.1 |
S-IV§53 |
Guinea |
2018 |
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Guinea modernized its legislative framework for fisheries in 2015. Fisheries activities are governed by the following new texts, available on the MPAEM's official website , which take into account the fundamental principles of the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and the principal relevant conventions on sustainable management of resources:
• Decree No. D/2013/127/PRG/SGG of 25 July 2013 on the creation, organization, mission and functioning of the National Office for the Sanitary Control of Fishery and Aquaculture Products (ONSPA) (Section 3.3.3);
• Law No. 2015/026/AN of 14 September 2015 containing the Marine Fisheries Code;
• Law No. 2015/027/AN of 14 September 2015 containing the Inland Fisheries Code; and
• Law No. 2015/028/AN of 14 September 2015 containing the Aquaculture Code.
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