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Sri Lanka strongly believes that it is of paramount importance to develop necessary infrastructure to facilitate the export sector particularly in view of establishing sustainable living environment. (...)

Recent results of field research on Queen Conch and Sea Cucumber stocks have helped Belize to develop and implement improved management strategies for these fisheries to ensure sound management and sustainable use. The full implementation of Managed Access Program and implementation of an Adaptive Management Framework (AMF) to all fishing areas in Belize is designed to address the need for assessment and management of data-limited fisheries. The expansion of marine protected areas to 21.7% of the territorial sea, coupled with a planned expansion of replenishment area (no-take zones) from 3.15% to 10% will undoubtedly place Belize in an advantageous position to better manage its fishery resources and contribute to the sustainable growth and development of the sector.

On 20 November 2013, the EU adopted its 7th Environment Action Programme (EAP) to 2020. It is a common strategy for both EU institutions and Member States and shall guide environment policy. The EAP identifies three key objectives to be achieved by 2020:
• to protect, conserve and enhance the Union’s natural capital;
• to turn the Union into a resource-efficient, green, and competitive low-carbon economy;
• to safeguard the Union's citizens from environment-related pressures and risks to health and wellbeing.
In addition, four so-called 'enablers' will help Europe deliver on these goals:
• better implementation of legislation;
• better information by improving the knowledge base;
• more and wiser investment for environment and climate policy;
• full integration of environmental requirements and considerations into other policies.
Finally, two additional horizontal priority objectives complete the programme:
• to make the Union's cities more sustainable;
to help the Union address international environmental and climate challenges more effectively;

(...) the links between trade and the environment are increasingly close and offer a growing number of opportunities to forge virtuous and complementary ties. Both the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Climate Change Agreement have set the scene for trade to play a more prominent role in tackling climate change challenges. Costa Rica is of the view that there is enormous potential for expanding collaboration between the trade and environment communities so that both can work together and in a mutually beneficial manner.

The United States continues to rely on its trade advisory committee system as an integral part of its efforts to ensure that U.S. trade policy and trade negotiating objectives adequately reflect U.S. public and private sector interests. The trade advisory committee system consists of 28 advisory committees, with a total membership of over 500 advisors. It includes committees representing sectors of industry, small business, and agriculture; labor, environment, consumer, and health organizations; as well as state and local interests. The system is arranged in three tiers: the President's Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations (ACTPN); five policy advisory committees dealing with environment, labor, agriculture, Africa, and state and local issues; and 22 technical advisory committees in the areas of industry and agriculture.

(...) In addition, during TPP negotiations, USTR worked with each TPP partner hosting negotiating rounds to plan events open to registered stakeholder participation. These events, including during the final round of negotiations in Atlanta in September-October 2015, included briefings from chief negotiators and provided multiple opportunities to provide input into the negotiations, including those with respect to chapters addressing agriculture, market access for industrial goods, environment, tobacco, investment, pharmaceuticals, and intellectual property.

The primary objectives of Fiji's trade policy are as follows:
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• To facilitate the mainstreaming of gender, environmental protection and other related policies to ensure coordination and policy coherence.

With its abundance of raw materials of animal, plant and mineral origin as well as recycled material, Madagascar has potential for the export of handicraft products.

The Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources, through its Directorate-General of Biodiversity and Natural Resources, is the authority competent for the preservation of biological diversity

The National Plan for the Development of Good Living proposes economic and trade policies such as Promote, manage and plan the integrated and sustainable management of water resources to guarantee the availability of water in sufficient quantity and quality to ensure food and energy sovereignty; expand national capacity for power-generation based on renewable sources; Promote the creation of a new international financial architecture under principles of social, gender and environmental justice; attract external saving for long-term sustainable projects; coordinate, on a convergent basis, the economic, social, cultural, migratory and environmental policies of countries that are members of the regional integration schemes in which Ecuador participates; include new participants in foreign trade, particularly micro, small, and medium-sized production units and the non-industrial sector, promoting environmentally responsible and job-creating initiatives; position the country, on the strength of its natural heritage, in the global mechanisms to combat climate change; Implement a tax-and-tariff policy to protect and promote domestic production, wealth redistribution, income and environmental responsibility; Generate incentives for environmentally responsible export products