Regional Stakeholders Consultation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Nature-positive trade for sustainable agricultural supply chains

The Consultation will gather a diversity of stakeholders who will discuss and explore priorities, challenges and opportunities in the region, and provide recommendations for impact-driven and actionable solutions to move towards a sustainable, fair and inclusive nature-positive trade that supports countries to: i) achieve sustainable and resilient agricultural supply chains; ii) facilitate market access to all stakeholders and comply with regulations committed to decoupling agri-commodities from deforestation, e.g. EU deforestation-free regulation; iii) advance national plans for sustainable socio-economic development.

The Consultation will take place on 27-28 March 2023 with in-person participation in Sao Paulo, Brazil* and online, and will convene stakeholders from:

The consultation will gather stakeholders from:

• Government entities leading agendas at the trade and environment nexus, focused on agriculture, land management and forestry, biodiversity, finance, economy, industry, and related areas.
• Policymakers active in the trade and environment fora.
• Private sector: smallholders, trading cooperatives, MSMEs, multinational companies, industry associations and relevant stakeholders involved in supply chains of agricultural commodities.
• Non-governmental organizations and civil society.
• Academic and research institutions.
• Financial institutions.

During the event, there will be interpretation available in Spanish, Portuguese and English.

*Participants are responsible for travel arrangements.