WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/CTE/W/245 
4 June 2007 
 (07-2283) 
Committee on Trade and Environment 
  
 
 
LIST OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS  
 
Note by the Secretariat   
  
This document has been prepa red under the Secretariat's own 
responsibility and without prejudice to the positions of Members 
and to their rights and obligations under the WTO.  
 
 
I. INTRODUCTION 
1. Under Paragraph 33 of the Doha Ministerial Declaration (DMD), Members are encouraged 
"that expertise and experience be shared with Memb ers wishing to perform environmental reviews at 
the national level."  The present note has been prep ared with a view to facilitate this experience 
sharing exercise by providing delegations with a gene ral picture on what has been done so far in this 
field.   
2. Following a brief description of the Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE)'s 
discussions on  environmental reviews (ERs) since 1996 in the context of Item 2 of its work 
programme, and subsequently of Pa ragraph 33 of the Doha Ministerial Declaration, it provides a list 
of the various trade related ERs or impact assessments (IAs) which have been or are being carried out.  
These projects have been grouped under the heading of  (i) multilateral trade liberalization initiatives;  
(ii) regional and bilateral trade liberalization initiatives;  and (iii) national projects.   
3. This note is prepared under the Secretariat's ow n responsibility and as a result of a search on 
the internet and material supplied by other organizati ons.  It is merely an illustrative list.  The listing 
is neither exhaustive nor indicative.  Its purpose is  not to cover the content and the outcome of the 
various reviews.  This note should not be seen as an attempt to prioritize issues or concerns raised by 
individual Members in this subject area.   
4. Members are invited to submit any update or supp lementary information to the Secretariat, so 
that this list can be regularly updated.    
II. DISCUSSIONS IN THE CTE 
5. Since 1996, the CTE has been holding discussions and sharing experience on ERs, first, under 
Item 2 of its work programme1, and subsequently, unde r Paragaraph 33 of the DMD.  A Secretariat 
note entitled " Environmental (Sustainability) Assessment s of Trade Liberalization Agreements at the 
National Level", dated 20 October 20002, was prepared to facilitate the discussion.  This note 
                                        
 1 Item 2: The relationship between environmental policies relevant to trade and environmental 
measures with significant trade effects and th e provisions of the multilateral trading system. 
2 Document WT/CTE/W/171.  WT/CTE/W/245 
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  compiles the approaches to the reviews undertaken in Canada, the EC and US with regard to 
multilateral trade liberalizati on in the GATT/WTO context. 
6. Subsequent to the Doha Paragr aph 33 mandate, a number of Members continued to share their 
experience on ERs in 2002 and 2003, as follows: 
• the EC informed the CTE of its Sustainabilit y Impact Assessment (SIA) as well as a pilot 
study and case studies to be carried out
 3 4;   
 
• Canada and the US updated the CTE of thei r environmental assessment/review activities5;   
 
• Canada presented the executiv e summary and conclusion of its Initial Environmental 
Assessment (EA) of the WTO Negotiation c overing seven areas of the Doha negotiations6 7;   
 
• the EC reported on a DG Trade Seminar on "Sus tainability Impact Assessment of Trade 
Agreements: Making Trade Sustainable?" held in Brussels in February 20038;  and  
 
• the US presented its paper on Paragraph 33 linki ng technical assistance and environmental 
reviews.9 10  
 7. In its report to the Fifth Session of the Ministerial Conference on Paragraph 33
11, the CTE 
recalled that the importance of ERs in WTO trade negotiations had been confirmed in the DMD and, 
subsequently, in the World Summit on Sustainabl e Development (WSSD) Plan of Implementation.12  
Moreover, the value of environmental impact assess ment (EIA) was recognized by Principle 17 of the 
Rio Declaration.13   
8. Since the Cancun WTO Ministerial Conference in 2003, Members continued to share 
experiences in ERs.  For instance: 
• in 2004, Canada informed the CTE of the outcome of the Conference of the International 
Association of Impact Assessment which focussed on EA of trade negotiations14;  in 2005, 
updated the CTE on its three-stage process of EA of trade negotiations15;  and in 2006, 
                                        
3Communication from the EC on "Sustainability Impact Assessment" (document WT/COMTD/W/99, 
WT/CTE/W/208, TN/TE/W/3, dated 3 June 2002).   
4 Document WT/CTE/M/30, dated  11 September 2002.   
5 Document WT/CTE/M/31, dated 2 December 2002. 
6 Document WT/CTE/M/32, dated 4 March 2003. 
7 Submission by Canada on "Initial Environmental Assessment:  Trade Negotiations in the WTO" 
(document WT/CTE/W/221, dated 24 January 2003). 
8 Submission by EC under Paragraph 33:  "Sustainab ility Impact Assessment of Trade Agreements:  
Making Trade Sustainable?" (document WT/CTE/W/224, dated 21 February 2003).   
9 WTO/CTE/M/33, dated 21May 2001. 
10 Submission by the US "Paragraph 33 of the Doha Declaration" (document WTO/CTE/W/227, dated 
29 April 2003).   
11 WT/CTE/8 
12 WSSD Plan of Implementation, paragraph 97(d). 
13 Rio Principle 17 reads as follows: "Environmental impact assessment, as a national instrument, shall 
be undertaken for proposed activities that are likely to ha ve a significant adverse impact on the environment and 
are subject to a decision of a competent national authority." 
14 Document WT/CTE/M/38, dated 20 December 2004. 
15 Document WT/CTE/M/40, dated 2 September 2005.   WT/CTE/W/245 
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  provided information on its EA  conducted on bilateral trade negotiations and a recently 
updated handbook16;   
 
• the EC updated the CTE regularly of its trade SIAs on DDA trade negotiations17 18 and in 
2007, on EC's trade agreements w ith EUROMED and MERCOSUR negotiations19;  at the 
meeting held on 11 October 200520, information was provided on:  (i) the launching of a 
"Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment Stocktak ing Seminar";  (ii) an overview of the EC's 
SIA programme since 1999;  and (iii) results of the SIA of proposed WTO negotiations on the 
sectors of agriculture, forests and distribution services;  and in 2006, the EC presented a note
21 to inform the CTE of the draft final reports of the global study of DDA negotiations 
and the sectoral DDA study on fisheries;  the result of the Trade SIA Stocktaking Conference 
held in March 2006 and a Trade SIA Ha ndbook which describes the Trade SIAs' 
methodology22;      
       
• New Zealand informed the CTE on its recent activ ities in assessments on its trade agreements 
focused on the environmental and economic aspects23;  and  
 
• the US informed the CTE of its third outreach effort in terms of the US ER of the DDA 
negotiations for comments.24  
  
                                        
16 Document WT/CTE/M/42, dated 1 September 2006. 
17 Document WT/CTE/M/38, dated 20 December 2004. 
18 Document WT/CTE/M/39, dated 2 May 2005.  
19 Document WT/CTE/M/43, dated 12 February 2007.  
20 Document WT/CTE/M/41, dated 30 November 2005. 
21 Document JOB(06)/220. 
22 Document WT/CTE/M/42, dated 1 September 2006.  
23 Document WT/CTE/M/41, dated 30 November 2005. 
24 Document WT/CTE/M/39, dated 2 May 2005.    
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1. Multilateral Trade Liberalization Initiatives  
Concerned 
Party Programme FTI/Sector Leading 
Agency25 
/Party Status Link to Study  
Canada Initial Environmental Impact 
Assessment: Trade Negotiations in the World 
Trade Organization DDA Canada 2003 http://www.dfait-maeci .gc.ca/tna%2Dnac/documents/ea1105-e.pdf 
WTO  
Members  Sustainability Impact 
Assessment of Proposed WTO Negotiations 
Final Global Overview Trade 
SIA of the Doha Development Agenda DDA European 
Communities 
(EC)-IARC Final 
report 
06/2006 http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/ 2006/september/tradoc_127300.pdf 
WTO 
Members  Sustainability Impact 
Assessment of Proposed WTO 
Negotiations Overall Project:  Final Report   Overall and 
Fisheries EC-IARC Final 
report 
07/2006 http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/ 2006/september/tradoc_127302.pdf 
WTO 
Members Trade SIA of the Forest Sector 
under DDA Negotiations:  
Position Paper   Forestry EC Position 
paper 
06/2006  http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/doc s/2006/august/tradoc_129782.pdf 
WTO 
Members European Commission Position 
SIA of DDA Negotiations 
Sectoral Study on Environmental Services 
 Environmental 
services EC Position 
paper http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2005/february/tradoc_121431.doc 
                                        
25 See glossary  
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Party Programme FTI/Sector Leading 
Agency25 
/Party Status Link to Study  
WTO 
Members European Commission Position 
SIA of DDA Negotiations 
Sectoral Study on Market 
Access Pharmaceuticals, Non-ferrous Metals, Textiles and 
Clothing Pharmaceuticals, 
non-ferrous 
metals, textiles 
and clothing EC Position 
paper http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2005/february/tradoc_121429.doc 
WTO 
Members SIA of Proposed WTO 
Negotiations Overall Project Mid-term Report for Sector 
Studies: Agriculture, 
Distribution Services, Forests  Agriculture, 
distribution 
services, forests EC-IARC Overall 
project 
mid term 
report 
01/2005  http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2005/february/tradoc_121359.doc 
WTO 
Members SIA of Proposed WTO 
Negotiations - Final Report for 
the Agriculture Sector Study 
Agriculture EC-ODI-IIED- 
IARC Final 
report 
09/2005  http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2005/october/tradoc_125570.pdf 
United 
States  
(US) Environmental Review on 
WTO DDA   
 DDA US Under- 
way 
  
China Integrated Environmental 
Assessment of Trade Agreements: Literature Review 
of International and Domestic 
Experience and Their Application to China’s WTO 
Accession WTO Accession Policy Research 
Centre for 
Environ-ment 
and Economy - 
UIBE 2001 http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2001/cciced_iea_trade_final.pdf 
Ghana SIA of Proposed WTO 
Negotiations: the Fisheries Sector, Country Case Study: 
Ghana Fisheries ECDPM-ICTSD Draft 
05/2006  http://www.acp-eu-trade.org/library/files/Antwi_EN_030506_EC_SIA-
of-proposed-WTO-negotiations-Fisheries-Sector-CCS-Ghana.pdf  
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Party Programme FTI/Sector Leading 
Agency25 
/Party Status Link to Study  
Seychelles SIA of Proposed WTO 
Negotiations: the Fisheries 
Sector, Country Case Study: 
Seychelles Fisheries ECDPM-ICTSD Draft  
05/2006  http://www.acp-eu-trade.org/libra ry/files/Peacock_EN_0406_EC_SIA-
of-proposed-WTO-negotiations-The-Fisheries-Sector-CCA-
Seychelles.pdf 
Uganda SIA of Proposed WTO 
Negotiations: the Fisheries 
Sector, Country Case Study: 
Uganda Fisheries ECDPM-ICTSD Draft 
04/2006  http://www.acp-eu-trade.org/library /files/Keizire_EN_0406_EC_SIA-of-
proposed-WTO-Negotiations-The-Fisheries-Sector-Country-Case-Study-
Uganda.pdf 
WTO 
Members SIA of Proposed WTO 
Negotiations Final Report for 
the Fisheries Sector Study Fisheries ECDPM-ICTSD Final 
report 
05/2006  http://www.acp-eu-trade.org/libra ry/files/NRI_EN_0506_EC_Final-
Report-for-the-Fisheries-Sector-Study.pdf 
WTO Members Effects of New Global and 
Regional Trade Agreements on Forestry A Background Paper 
for the Global Project: Impact 
Assessment of Forest Products Trade in Promotion of 
Sustainable Forest Management 
 Forestry FAO Draft 
report http://www.fao.org/forestry/fori s/data/trade/pdf/horgan.pdf 
WTO 
Members Preliminary Assessment of the 
Environmental and Social 
Effects of Trade in Tourism Tourism WWF Discussion 
paper  
05/2001  http://www.wwf.org.uk/filelibra ry/pdf/trade_and_tourism.pdf 
 
2. Regional and Bilateral Trade Liberalization Initiatives  
Concerned 
Party  Programme Sector Leading Agency 
/Party Status Link to Study 
Australia-US The Australia-US Free Trade 
Agreement: An Environmental Impact Assessment 
 Agriculture/tra-
nsport Oz Prospect 10/2003 http://www.ozprospect.org/pubs/FTA.pdf  
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Party  Programme Sector Leading Agency 
/Party Status Link to Study 
Canada-
FTAA 
(Free Trade 
Area of the Americas)    Initial Strategic Environmental 
Assessment Report of the  Free Trade Area of the 
Americas Negotiations Environmental 
impacts in home 
country Canada (Initial) 
05/2003 http://www.dfait-m aeci.gc.ca/tna-nac/ IYT/ea0422-en.asp 
Canada-CA4 
Central 
America (El Salvador, 
Guatemala, 
Honduras and Nicaragua) 
Free Trade 
Agreement   Initial Strategic Environmental 
Assessment Report of the 
Canada-Central America Four Free Trade Negotiations 
(El Salvador, Guatemala, 
Honduras and Nicaragua)  Environmental 
impacts in home 
country Canada (Initial) 
06/2003 http://www.dfait-m aeci.gc.ca/tna-nac/ IYT/ea0423-en.asp 
Canada- 
Singapore Initial Environmental 
Assessment Report of the 
Proposed Canada-Singapore Free Trade Agreement 
 Environmental 
impacts in home 
country Canada (Initial) 
05/2004 http://www.dfait-m aeci.gc.ca/tna-nac/ IYT/ea1104-en.asp 
Sustainability Impact 
Assessment (SIA) of the EU-
ACP Economic Partnership 
Agreements  Development 
and 
environment 
impacts, focused on ACP 
countries PwC 
(EC financed) 
 Revised final 
report  01/2004  http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2005/january/tradoc_121202.p
df 
 
SIA of the EU-ACP Economic 
Partnership Agreements West Africa: Agro-industry Agro-industry ECDPM-ICTSD  http://www.acp-eu-
trade.org/library/files/PWC_ EN_270705_PWC_SIA-of-EPAs-
West-Africa-agro-industry.pdf 
 EU-ACP 
 
SIA of the EU-ACP Economic 
Partnership Agreements Horticulture in Eastern and 
Southern Africa (ESA)  Horticulture ECDPM-ICTSD-
PwC Final report 
09/2006  http://www.acp-eu-
trade.org/library/files/PWC_EN _110906_EC_SIA-of-the-EU-ACP-
EPAs-Phase-3-Hortic ulture-ESA.pdf 
  
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Party  Programme Sector Leading Agency 
/Party Status Link to Study 
EU-Chile SIA of the Trade Aspects of 
Negotiations for an 
Association Agreement 
between the European Communities and Chile 
(Specific agreement No 11)  
 Sustainable 
development 
impacts in home 
and partner countries EU-
PLANISTAT-
LUXEMBOURG 
and CESO-CI Final report 
(revised)  
12/2002  http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2006/september/tradoc_112388
.pdf 
EURO-EMFTA 
 Sustainability Impacts of the 
Euro-Mediterranean Free 
Trade Area Report on Phase 2 
of the SIAEMFTA Project  Sustainable 
development 
impacts in home 
and partner countries SIA EMFTA 
Consor-tium Final report  
03/2006  http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2006/november/tradoc_131340
.pdf 
SIA of the Negotiations of the 
Trade Agreement between the 
European Community and the Countries of the Cooperation 
Council for the Arab States of 
the Gulf (GCC)  Environment 
and 
development impacts, focus 
on partner 
economies (EC financed) 
PwC Final report  
05/2004  http://www.bilaterals.org/IMG/pdf/sia_fta-
gcc_final_reportmay2004.pdf 
EC-GCC  Trade Sustainability Impact 
Assessment of the trade 
negotiations between the EC 
and the Gulf Cooperation 
Council  TLI EC Position paper  
03/2006  http://trade-
info.cec.eu.int/doclib/docs/20 06/march/tradoc _128076.pdf 
Trade SIA of the Association 
Agreement under Negotiation 
between the European Community and MERCOSUR 
update on the Overall 
Preliminary Trade SIA EU-MERCOSUR. Mid Term 
Report  EU-Mercosur 
Partners and 
University of Manchester Mid-term report   
11/2006  http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2006/december/tradoc_131428
.pdf 
EU-MERCOSUR 
 
Trade SIA of the Association 
Agreement under Negotiation between the European 
Community and MERCOSUR 
  Trade SIA EU-
Mercosur Partners Inception report  
07/2006  http://www.sia-
trade.org/mercosur/phase1/MERCOSURinceptrep_July06.pdf  
 
   
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Party  Programme Sector Leading Agency 
/Party Status Link to Study 
Trade SIA of the Association 
Agreement under Negotiation 
between the European 
Community and MERCOSUR: Forestry Sector 
Study.  Forestry EU-Mercosur 
Partners and 
University of 
Manchester Mid-term report  
11/2006  http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2006/december/tradoc_131425
.pdf 
Trade SIA of the Association Agreement under Negotiation between the European 
Community and 
MERCOSUR: Automobile Sector Study Mid-term Report Automobile EU-Mercosur 
Partners and University of 
Manchester Mid-term report  
11/2006  http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2006/december/tradoc_131427
.pdf  
Trade SIA of the Association 
Agreement under Negotiation 
between the European Community and 
MERCOSUR: Agriculture 
Sector Study Mid-term Report Agriculture EU-Mercosur 
Partners and 
University of Manchester Mid-term report  
11/2006  http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2006/december/tradoc_131426
.pdf 
NAFTA Assessing Environmental 
Effects of the North American 
Free Trade Agreement 
(NAFTA), An Analytic 
Framework (Phase II) and 
Issue Studies  
 Environmental 
impact within 
North America CEC Analytic frame-
work and Issue 
studies http://www.cec.org/files/pdf/ ECONOMY/engframe_EN.pdf 
New Zealand-
Thailand CEP   
  
 
 Environmental 
impacts as part of wider 
analysis in 
home country New Zealand  http://www.mfat.govt.n z/tradeagreements/thai nzcep/nia/thainiaindex
.html 
New Zealand-Trans Pacific 
SEP     Environmental 
impacts as part 
of wider 
analysis in home country New Zealand  http://www.mfat.govt.n z/tradeagreements/tran spacepa/pdfs/transpac
ific-sepa-nia.pdf  
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Party  Programme Sector Leading Agency 
/Party Status Link to Study 
US-AFTA Interim Environmental Review 
US-Andean Free Trade 
Agreement  Environmental  
impacts in home 
country and 
transboundary or global 
impacts US Interim 
Environmental 
Review 
02/2005  http://www.ustr.gov/assets/Trade_Agreements/Bilateral/Andean_TP
A/asset_upload_file27_7305.pdf 
 
US-Australia Final Environmental Review 
of the United States - Australia Free Trade Agreement  Environmental  
impacts in home country and 
transboundary 
or global impacts US Final 
Environmental 
Review 
07/2004 http://www.ustr.gov/assets/Trade _Agreements/Bilateral/Australia_F
TA/asset_upload_file550_5830.pdf 
US-Bahrain Interim Environmental Review 
of the U.S.- Bahrain Free 
Trade Agreement Environmental  
impacts in home 
country and transboundary 
or global 
impacts US Interim 
Environmental 
Review 
03/2004 www.ustr.gov/assets/Trade_Agreem ents/Bilateral/Bahrain_FTA/ass
et_upload_file720_3078.pdf 
 
US-CAFTA Final Environmental Review 
of the Dominican Republic – 
Central America –United 
States Free Trade Agreement Environmental  
impacts in home 
country and 
transboundary 
or global 
impacts US Final 
Environmental 
Review 
02/2005 www.ustr.gov/assets/Trade_Agreem ents/Bilateral/CAFTA/asset_upl
oad_file953_7901.pdf 
US-Chile Environmental Review of the 
U.S.-Chile Free Trade 
Agreement Environmental  
impacts in home 
country and 
transboundary or global 
impacts US Final 
environmental 
review  06/2003  http://www.ustr.gov/assets/Trade _Agreements/Bilateral/Chile_FTA/
asset_upload_file411_5109.pdf 
US-Jordan 
 Final Environmental Review 
of the  Agreement on the 
establishment of a Free Trade  
Area Between the Government 
of the United States  and the 
Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of  Jordan Environmental  
impacts in home country and 
transboundary 
or global impacts US Final 
environmental 
review www.ustr.gov/assets/Trade_Agreements/Bilateral/Jordan/asset_uplo
ad_file64_5111.pdf   
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Party  Programme Sector Leading Agency 
/Party Status Link to Study 
US-Korea Interim Environmental Review 
United States - Korea Free 
Trade Agreement  Environmental  
impacts in home 
country and 
transboundary or global 
impacts US Interim 
Environmental 
Review 
12/2006 http://www.ustr.gov/assets/Trade_Agreements/Bilateral/Republic_o
f_Korea_FTA/asset_upload_file755_10224.pdf 
US-Morocco Final Environmental Review 
of the United States - Morocco Free Trade Agreement July 2004  Environmental  
impacts in home country and 
transboundary 
or global impacts US Final 
environmental 
review 
07/2004 www.ustr.gov/assets/Trade_Agreem ents/Bilateral/Morocco_FTA/as
set_upload_file569_5831.pdf 
US-Oman Final Environmental Review 
of the United States – Oman 
Free Trade Agreement   Environmental  
impacts in home 
country and transboundary 
or global 
impacts  US Final 
Environmental 
Review 
06/2006 http://www.ustr.gov/assets/Tra de_Agreements/Bilateral/Oman_FTA
/asset_upload_file909_9594.pdf 
US-Panama Environmental Review US - 
Panama Free Trade 
Agreement Environmental  
impacts in home 
country and 
transboundary 
or global impacts 
 US Interim 
environmental 
review  06/2004  http://www.ustr.gov/assets/Trade_Agreements/Bilateral/Panama_FT
A/asset_upload_file503_5123.pdf 
US-Singapore Final Environmental Review 
of the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Environmental  
impacts in home country and 
transboundary 
or global impacts 
 US Final 
Environmental 
Review 
06/2003 http://www.ustr.gov/assets/Trade _Agreements/Bilateral/Singapore_
FTA/asset_upload_file538_5110.pdf  
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Party  Programme Sector Leading Agency 
/Party Status Link to Study 
US-Thailand Interim Environmental Review 
United States-Thailand Free 
Trade Agreement  
 Environmental  
impacts in home 
country and 
transboundary or global 
impacts 
 US Interim 
Environmental 
Review 
11/2005 http://www.ustr.gov/assets/Trade_Agreements/Bilateral/Thail_FTA/
asset_upload_file463_8410.pdf 
US-United Arab  
Emi-rates Environmental Review of the 
US-United Arab Emirates Free 
Trade Agreement  
 Environmental  
impacts in home 
country and 
transboundary or global 
impacts 
 US Interim 
environmental 
review  05/2005  http://www.ustr.gov/assets/Trade_Agreements/Regional/MEFTA/as
set_upload_file684_7772.pdf 
 
3. National Projects 
Concerned 
party Programme Sector Leading agency Status Link to Study 
Bangladesh Environmental Impacts of 
Trade Liberalization and Policies for the Sustainable 
Management of Natural 
Resources Shrimp farming 
industry 
 Centre for Policy 
Dialogue (CPD)-UNEP Completed 
Synthesis Report 
199
9 http://www.unep.ch/etb/publicati ons/intAssessment/bangladesh.pdf 
Chile Environmental Impacts of 
Trade Liberalization and 
Policies for the Sustainable 
Management of Natural 
Resources 
 Mining 
 Centro de 
Investigación y 
Planificación del 
Medio Ambiente 
(CIPMA)-UNEP Completed 
Synthesis 
Report 
1999 http://www.unep.ch/etb/publica tions/intAssessment/chile.pdf 
 
India Environmental Impacts of 
Trade Liberalization and 
Policies for the Sustainable 
Management of Natural Resources  Automotive 
industry 
 National Council 
for Applied 
Economic 
Research (NCAER)-UNEP Completed 
Synthesis 
Report 
1999 http://www.unep.ch/etb/publications/intAssessment/india.pdf 
  
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party Programme Sector Leading agency Status Link to Study 
Philippines Environmental Impacts of 
Trade Liberalization and 
Policies for the Sustainable 
Management of Natural Resources Forestry 
 
 University of the 
Philippines, Los 
Baños (UPLB) 
and the Resources, 
Environment and 
Economics Centre for Studies-UNEP Completed 
Synthesis 
Report 
1999  http://www.unep.ch/etb/publicati ons/intAssessment/philippine.pdf 
 
Romania Environmental Impacts of 
Trade Liberalization and 
Policies for the Sustainable Management of Natural 
Resources 
 Water 
 
 Center for 
Environmentally 
Sustainable Economic Policy 
(CESEP) of the 
University of Polytechnics, and 
the National 
Company Apele Romane-UNEP Completed 
Synthesis 
Report 1999  http://www.unep.ch/etb/publicati ons/intAssessment/romania.pdf 
 
Uganda Environmental Impacts of 
Trade Liberalization and 
Policies for the Sustainable 
Management of Natural 
Resources Fisheries 
 
 Economic Policy 
Research Center 
(EPRC), Makere 
University 
Campus-UNEP Completed 
Synthesis 
Report 
1999  http://www.unep.ch/etb/publications/intAssessment/uganda.pdf 
 
Argentina Integrated Assessment of 
Trade Liberalization and 
Trade-Related Policies Fisheries Centro de 
Estudios 
Ambientales 
(CEDEA)-UNEP Completed 
Synthesis 
Report 
2002 http://www.unep.ch/etb/publicati ons/intAssessment/CSIIArgentina.p
df 
China Integrated Assessment of 
Trade Liberalization and 
Trade-Related Policies Cotton The Agricultural 
Economic 
Research Institute 
of Nanjing 
Agricultural 
University-UNEP Completed 
Synthesis 
Report 
2002  http://www.unep.ch/etb/publicati ons/intAssessment/CSIIChina.pdf 
 
Ecuador Integrated Assessment of 
Trade Liberalization and 
Trade-Related Policies Banana The Ecuadorian 
Centre for 
Environmental 
Law (CEDA)-UNEP Completed 
Synthesis 
Report 
2002  http://www.unep.ch/etb/publicati ons/intAssessment/CSIIEcuador.pd
f  
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party Programme Sector Leading agency Status Link to Study 
Nigeria Integrated Assessment of 
Trade Liberalization and 
Trade-Related Policies Major export 
crops The University of 
Agriculture 
(UNAAB)-UNEP Completed 
Synthesis 
Report 
2002  http://www.unep.ch/etb/publications /intAssessment/CSIINigeria.pdf 
Senegal Integrated Assessment of 
Trade Liberalization and 
Trade-Related Policies Fisheries ENDA Third 
World-UNEP Completed 
Synthesis 
Report 
2002  http://www.unep.ch/etb/publications /intAssessment/CSIISenegal.pdf 
Tanzania Integrated Assessment of 
Trade Liberalization and 
Trade-Related Policies Forestry The Centre for 
Environmental 
Economics and Development 
Research-UNEP Completed 
Synthesis 
Report 2002  http://www.unep.ch/etb/publicati ons/intAssessment/CSIITanzania.p
df 
China Integrated Assessment of the 
Impact of Trade Liberalization on the Rice Sector 
 
 Rice The State 
Environmental Protection 
Administration 
(SEPA) (project management) 
olicy Research 
Centre for Environment and 
Economy 
(PRCEE) (project coordination)-
UNEP Completed 
Synthesis Report 
2005 http://www.unep.ch/etb/publications/chinois_int.pdf 
 
Colombia  Integrated Assessment of the 
Impact of Trade Liberalization on the Rice Sector Rice The National 
Rice-Growers Association 
(FEDEARROZ)-
UNEP Completed 
Synthesis Report 
2005 http://www.unep.ch/etb/publicati ons/intAssessment/colombia.pdf 
Indonesia 
 Integrated Assessment of the 
Impact of Trade Liberalization on the Rice Sector Rice Jenderal 
Soerdiman University-UNEP Completed 
Synthesis Report 
2005  http://www.unep.ch/etb/publicati ons/intAssessment/Indonesia.pdf  
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party Programme Sector Leading agency Status Link to Study 
Nigeria Integrated Assessment of the 
Impact of Trade Liberalization 
on the Rice Sector Rice Institute for 
Social and 
Economic 
Research-UNEP Completed 
Synthesis 
Report 
2005  http://www.unep.ch/etb/publicati ons/intAssessment/Nigeria.pdf 
Senegal Integrated Assessment of the 
Impact of Trade Liberalization 
on the Rice Sector  Rice Institute of 
Environmental 
Sciences, Faculty of Science and 
Technology, 
Cheikh Anta Diop University-UNEP Completed 
Synthesis 
Report 2005  http://www.unep.ch/etb/publicati ons/intAssessment/Senegal.pdf 
Viet Nam Integrated Assessment of the 
Impact of Trade Liberalization 
on the Rice Sector Rice Hue University of 
Agriculture and 
Forestry-UNEP Completed 
Synthesis 
Report 2005  http://www.unep.ch/etb/publicati ons/intAssessment/Vietnam.pdf 
Côte d’Ivoire Integrated Assessment of the 
Impact of Trade Liberalization on the Rice Sector Rice West African 
Development Rice Association 
(WARDA)-
UNEP Completed 
Synthesis Report 
2005  (Summary report availabl e in synthesis report) 
Colombia Integrated Assessment of 
Agricultural Trade 
Liberalization: With a Focus 
on the Corn Sector Corn Instituto 
Alexander von 
Humboldt-UNEP Completed 
Synthesis 
Report 
2006 http://www.unep.ch/etb/areas/p df/Lebanon%20ReportFINAL.pdf 
Lebanon Integrated Assessment of the 
Association Agreement with 
the EU:  Focus on the Olive 
Oil Sector Olive oil Economics 
research unit, 
Ministry of 
Economy and 
Trade-UNEP Completed 
Synthesis 
Report 
2006  http://www.unep.ch/etb/areas/p df/Uganda%20FINAL%20Report.pd
f  
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party Programme Sector Leading agency Status Link to Study 
Bangladesh Fisheries Subsidies and 
Marine Resource Management 
 Fisheries Centre for Policy 
Dialogue (CPD) 
Bangladesh – 
UNEP Completed 
Synthesis 
Report 
2004 http://www.unep.ch/etb/publi cations/fishierSubEnvi.php  
Mauritania Environmental Impact 
Assessment of Trade Liberalization 
 Fisheries Centre pour les 
sciences 
économiques et la 
gestion des 
ressources 
aquatiques 
(CEMARE) – 
UNEP Completed 
Synthesis 
Report 2005 http://www.unep.ch/etb/publi cations/fishierSubEnvi.php  
 
Kenya Integrated Assessment of 
Organic Agriculture 
Production and Trade   Agriculture Bridge Africa-
UNEP-
UNCTAD/ CBTF On-going http://www.unep-unctad.org/cbtf 
Uganda Integrated Assessment of 
Organic Agriculture Production and Trade   Agriculture Advocate 
Coalition for Development and 
Environment 
UNEP-UNCTAD/ 
CBTF On-going http://www.unep-unctad.org/cbtf 
Tanzania Integrated Assessment of 
Organic Agriculture Production and Trade Agriculture Envirocare 
UNEP-UNCTAD/ CBTF On-going http://www.unep-unctad.org/cbtf  
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party Programme Sector Leading agency Status Link to Study 
Viet Nam Wildlife Trade Policies 
Review  Wildlife National Centre 
for National 
Resources and 
Environment Studies UNEP-
UNCTAD/ 
CBTF, CITES Secretariat and 
IUED On-going http://www.unep-unctad.org/cbtf 
Uganda Wildlife Trade Policies 
Review  Wildlife Advocate 
Coalition for Development and 
Environment 
UNEP-UNCTAD/ 
CBTF, CITES 
Secretariat and IUED On-going http://www.unep-unctad.org/cbtf 
Madagascar Wildlife Trade Policies 
Review  Wildlife University of 
Antananarivo 
UNEP-
UNCTAD/ 
CBTF, CITES Secretariat and 
IUED On-going http://www.unep-unctad.org/cbtf 
Nicaragua Wildlife Trade Policies 
Review  Wildlife Central American 
University UNEP-
UNCTAD/ 
CBTF, CITES Secretariat and 
IUED On-going http://www.unep-unctad.org/cbtf 
Cameroon  Integrated Assessment of 
Agricultural Trade Liberalization and 
Biodiversity   Cocoa Centre for 
environment and development 
studies-UNEP On-going http://www.unep.ch/etb /areas/biodivAgriSector.php  
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party Programme Sector Leading agency Status Link to Study 
Jamaica Integrated Assessment of 
Agricultural Trade 
Liberalization and 
Biodiversity   Sugar Institute for 
Sustainable 
Development-
UNEP On-going http://www.unep.ch/etb /areas/biodivAgriSector.php 
Madagascar Integrated Assessment of 
Agricultural Trade 
Liberalization and Biodiversity   Shrimp Ecole supérieure 
des sciences 
agronomiques, University of 
Antananarivo-
UNEP On-going http://www.unep.ch/etb /areas/biodivAgriSector.php 
Papua New 
Guinea Integrated Assessment of 
Agricultural Trade 
Liberalization and 
Biodiversity   Sweet potato 
and taro (local 
cash crop) National 
Agricultural 
Research 
Institute-UNEP On-going http://www.unep.ch/etb /areas/biodivAgriSector.php 
Mauritius  Integrated Assessment of 
Agricultural Trade 
Liberalization and Biodiversity   Sugar Agricultural 
Research and 
Extension Unit-UNEP On-going http://www.unep.ch/etb /areas/biodivAgriSector.php 
Uganda  Integrated Assessment of 
Agricultural Trade Liberalization and 
Biodiversity   Horticulture Economic Policy 
Research Centre-UNEP On-going http://www.unep.ch/etb /areas/biodivAgriSector.php 
 
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  GLOSSARY  
 
Agency Description 
AfDB African Development Bank  The AfDB is the premier financial development 
institution of Africa, dedicated to combating poverty 
and improving the lives of people of the continent and engaged in the task of mobilizing resources towards the 
economic and social progress of its regional Member 
countries.  The Bank’s mission is to promote economic and social development through loans, equity 
investments, and technical assistance. 
CEC Commission for 
Environmental Cooperation The CEC is an international organization created by 
Canada, Mexico and the United States under the North American Agreement on E nvironmental Cooperation 
(NAAEC).  The CEC was established to address 
regional environmental concerns, help prevent potential trade and environmental conflicts, and to promote the 
effective enforcement of environmental law. The 
Agreement complements the environmental provisions 
of the North American Free Trade Agreement 
(NAFTA). 
 CESO CI CESO CI - Consultores 
Internacionais CESO CI is a Portuguese private company directed 
towards the offer of technica l assistance services in the 
main fields of economic, social and organisational 
development, having successfully implemented more than one hundred technical  assistance projects, in 
around 50 different countries. 
ECA Economic Commission for 
Africa The ECA was established by the Economic and Social 
Council (ECOSOC) of the Un ited Nations (UN) in 1958 
as one of the UN's five regional commissions. ECA's 
mandate is to promote the economic and social 
development of its member States, foster intra-regional integration, and promote international cooperation for 
Africa's development. 
ECDPM European Centre for 
Development Policy Management ECDPM contributes to building effective political 
economic and developmental relationships between African, Caribbean and Paci fic (ACP) countries and 
Europe.  
ECOSTRAT 
Consultants   Brazilian consulting firm with expertise in the areas of 
trade, antitrust, regulatory reform and industrial 
organization. 
FAO  Food and Agriculture 
Organization of the United Nation The FAO leads international efforts to defeat hunger. 
Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals 
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  Agency Description 
FDP Forest Protection Department   
GRET Groupe de Recherche et 
d’Echanges Technologiques GRET is a professional solidarity and international 
cooperation association. In  Africa, Asia, and Latin 
America, as well as in Europe, it works to contribute to 
sustainable, fair development and alleviate poverty and 
structural inequalities.  
IARC Impact Assessment Research 
Centre IARC at the University of Manchester aims to promote 
knowledge and practice of Impact Assessment.  By 
encouraging an integrated  approach to impact 
assessment, the IARC seeks to strengthen the linkages between different impact assessment methodologies and 
practices. 
ICTSD International Centre for Trade 
and Sustainable Development ICTSD was established to contribute to a better 
understanding of development and environment concerns in the context of international trade. 
IDB Inter-American Development 
Bank A long-standing initiative of the Latin American 
countries, the IDB was established in 1959 as a development institution with novel mandates and tools. 
Its lending and technical cooperation programs for 
economic and social development projects went far beyond the mere financing of economic projects that 
was customary at the time. 
IIED International Institute for 
Environment and Development IIED is an international policy research institute and 
non governmental body working for more sustainable and equitable global development. 
LUC Land Use Consultants LUC is an environmental planning and design 
consultancies in the UK.  It provides services in the UK, 
the rest of Europe and worldwide.  It works with an 
established network of specialist consultants to provide integrated, comprehensive advice on a wide range of 
environmental and sustainability issues. 
NRI Natural Resources Institute, 
University of Greenwich NRI is an internationally recognized multi-disciplinary 
centre for research, consultancy and education for the management of natural and human resources.  
ODI Overseas Development 
Institute  ODI is Britain's leading independent think tank on 
international development and humanitarian issues.  
OzProspect   OzProspect was founded in 2001 with the objective of 
developing new voices and new ideas in Australian 
public debate.  Employing funds from philanthropic 
foundations and individual donors, it supports 
exceptionally promising individuals working in fields including journalism, economics, sociology, education, 
law, social work and en vironmental science.  
Policy Research 
Center for Environment and 
Economy of 
SEPA  State Environmental Protection 
Administration The Policy Research Cent er of Environment and 
Economy is mainly engaged in the policy researches of environment and economy, including environmental 
strategy, environmental policy system, environmental 
management policies, environmental economic policies, environmental diplomacy policies, and environmental 
laws and regulations. 
PwC PricewaterhouseCoopers PwC provides industry-focused services for public and 
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  Agency Description 
SD Sustainable Development 
Department SD serves as a global refe rence centre for knowledge 
and advice on biophysical, biological, socio-economic 
and social dimensions of sustainable development.  It 
was established by FAO in January 1995, in response to the need to take a more holistic and strategic approach 
to development support and poverty alleviation. 
SIA EMFTA 
Consortium Independent Sustainability 
Impact Assessment Study of Euro-Mediterranean Free 
Trade Area  The European Commission has recently commissioned 
an independent sustainability impact assessment (SIA) study of EMFTA which will examine the potential 
impacts of agreed trade measures on sustainable 
development.  The major objective of this SIA study (as described in the Terms of Reference) is to provide a 
reliable and widely accepted an alysis and understanding 
of the impact of trade measures on sustainable development, in the context of ongoing and future trade 
negotiations for the EMFTA. 
Trade SIA EU-
Mercosur 
Partners   IARC, Copenhagen Economics, Chaire MERCOSUR, 
ECOSTRAT Consultants(Brazil), GRET, LUC, Natural 
Resources Institute and WISE Development. 
UIBE University of International 
Business & Economics UIBE, situated in China's capital Beijing, was founded 
as the Beijing Institute of Foreign Trade. It was 
designated as a "key univer sity" by the government for 
its outstanding programs. UIBE consists of over 20 academic schools, departments and research centers. 
UNEP United Nations Environment 
Programme To provide leadership and encourage partnership in 
caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and 
enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.  
WISE 
Development  Women in Sustainable 
Enterprise Development WISE Development is a global network of independent 
consultants, mainly women, specialising in enterprise, 
institutional and social development.  It is a non-profit 
making consultancy service that takes into account the 
special issues facing poor women engaged in economic activity around the world.  
WWF World Wildlife Fund Established in 1961, WWF operates in more than 100 
countries working for a future in which humans live in 
harmony with nature. 
 
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