This study was prepared by the BioTrade Initiative of UNCTAD, María Julia Oliva, Lorena Jaramillo, David Vivas Eugui and Lika Sasaki. This study has greatly benefited from peer reviews, public consultations and substantive inputs from the Biodiversity Conservation Agency of Viet Nam, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia, Ministry of Environment and Water of Ecuador, Ministry of Environment of Peru, PromPerú, development bank of Latin America, CITES Secretariat, International Trade Centre, GIZ ABS Capacity Development Initiative, Union for Ethical BioTrade, PhytoTrade Africa, Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation, BioTrade Interest Group (Viet Nam), Corporación Biocomercio Sostenible Colombia, Bioemprende UTPL Ecuador, German Cooperation GIZ (Ecuador), Verónica Muñoz (Ecuador), and BioTrade experts and practitioners. Additionally, the consultation benefited from the inputs gathered from partners’ revisions, including the Union for Ethical BioTrade on its 2012 Standard and Peruvian partners on their BioTrade criteria and indicators. Inputs were also received from Lalen Lleander, Ivana Padierna, Andreas Obrecht, Frederic Perron-Welch, Julian Benda and Ann Wilkings (all from UNCTAD). Similarly,this document benefitted from the inputs of experts and BioTrade beneficiary companies that participated in the public consultation that was held from 1 November to 9 December 2019.

The Spanish version was prepared by Ivana Padierna and Lorena Jaramillo (UNCTAD) with inputs from Caridad Maldonado (PromPerú), Vanessa Ingar (Ministry of Environment of Peru) and Verónica Muñoz (Ecuador). The French version as prepared by Julian Benda (UNCTAD) with inputs from Lorena Jaramillo (UNCTAD) and Régis Babey (Switzerland).

UNCTAD gratefully acknowledges the support of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO in the revision of the BioTrade Principles and Criteria under the Global BioTrade Programme: Linking trade, biodiversity and sustainable development.