Fourth Meeting of The Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group On Access to Genetic Resources And Benefit-Sharing Of The Convention on Biological Diversity
January 30 - February 3, 2006 | Granada, Spain

Trade, Aid and Security - 6 Key Objectives
A series of six policy briefs by IISD and IUCN that explain where international policy-makers should focus their attention if trade and aid policies are to support peace and security.

Doha Round Briefing Series (2005)
In December, Ministers from 148 countries will come together in Hong Kong to try to make progress on the stalled Doha Round of multilateral (WTO) trade negotiations. IISD and ICTSD have produced the definitive updated quick guides to 13 of the negotiating issues, in a series that has been essential pre-Ministerial reading since the launch of the Doha Round in 2001.

Environment and Trade: A Handbook - Second Edition
This handbook, originally published in 2001, has been completely updated for 2005, with new sections on the Doha agenda and regional trade and investment agreements, as well as analysis of new WTO panel rulings. The handbook is a joint publication of IISD and UNEP.

IISD presents at UN-DSD Expert Group Meeting on Indicators of Sustainable Development
Dr. László Pintér, Director of IISD's Measurement & Assessment program presented a paper entitled "Indicators for Sustainable Development: Proposal for a Way Forward" at the United Nations Division for Sustainable Development Expert Group Meeting, December 13-15, 2005, in New York.