The seminar was organized by the Fund for the Standards and Trade Development Facility (partnership

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The rules in the Agreement wall guard on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS), used to avoid trade measures relating to the safety of food products, animal health and plant health, wall guard serve excuse for protectionism - that is to say, to preserve the producers of import competition rather than protect health or the environment. That is why, under the SPS Agreement, measures wall guard must be based on scientific risk analysis or recognized international standards. These disciplines can be applied to fight against the spread of animal and plant destructive, depending on what was said at the Seminar on International Trade and invasive alien species.
Among the recommendations in a paper presented at the seminar a claim to the WTO ruling that the problem is addressed more specifically and the role of the WTO is better defined.
The seminar was organized by the Fund for the Standards and Trade Development Facility (partnership involving various international organizations and to assist developing countries in implementing international standards in the areas of food safety products, animal health and plant health) and two of the three standard-setting organizations recognized in the SPS Agreement, wall guard namely, the International Convention for the Protection Convention (IPPC) and the World Organisation for Animal Health wall guard (OIE). wall guard (The third, Codex Alimentarius, deals with the safety of food products.)
"Exotic" species are species introduced wall guard into new habitats and are called wall guard "invasive" if their development is a threat to biodiversity, namely for agricultural and domestic species as that for wild fauna and flora. Threats include competition for access to food, the spread of disease and the spread of predators. Species that are in equilibrium in a given environment can become invasive if introduced to another habitat.
Trade is a means (or "pathway") important introduction of exotic species into new habitats. This includes direct trade of the actual species - livestock, crops, pets or ornamental plants, introduced predators to fight against pests - or unintentional dissemination through shipments.
Speakers and presenters described how the problem is tackled in their country or region. Representatives of the private sector, which is sometimes wall guard regarded as one of the culprits of the spread of alien species, also indicated how their industries can help solve the problem.
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