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Book (series)Asia Regional Technical Guidelines on Health Management for the Responsible Movement of Live Aquatic Animals and the Beijing Consensus and Implementation Strategy. 2000
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No results found.The Asia Regional Technical Guidelines on Health Management for the Responsible Movement of Live Aquatic Animals and their associated implementation plan, the Beijing Consensus and Implementation Strategy (BCIS), provide expert guidance for national and regional efforts in reducing the risks of disease due to trans-boundary movement of live aquatic animals. The Technical Guidelines were initiated due to increased recognition that disease emergence is often linked to live aquatic animal movements , and that the associated economic losses, including impacts on rural livelihoods and national efforts in poverty alleviation and food security, are highly significant. New trade agreements and requirements generated by the World Trade Organization (WTO) further reinforced the necessity for improved live aquatic animal health management. Recognising the need for a region-wide approach to aquatic animal health management, the national governments of countries of the Asia Region requested FAO, thr ough NACA, to assist production of a set of technical guidelines that could be used to improve and harmonise aquatic animal health management strategies for responsible trans-boundary movement of live aquatic animals. An FAO Technical Co-operation Programme (TCP) Project - “Assistance for the Responsible Movement of Live Aquatic Animals” was launched by NACA in 1998, with the participation of 21 countries from throughout the region. This programme complemented FAO's efforts in assisting member countries to implement the relevant provisions in Article 9 - Aquaculture Development - of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF), at both the national and regional levels. A set of Guiding Principles, formulated by a group of aquatic animal health experts at the Regional Workshop held in 1996 in Bangkok, formed the basis for an extensive consultative process, between 1998-2000, involving input from government-designated National Co-ordinators (NCs), the Network of Aquaculture Cen tres in Asia-Pacific (NACA), FAO, the Office International des Épizooties (OIE), and regional and international specialists. The Technical Guidelines were unanimously endorsed at the Final Workshop on Asia Regional Health Management for the Responsible Trans-boundary Movement of Live Aquatic Animals, held in Beijing, China, 27 th -30 th June 2000. Recognising the crucial importance of implementation of the Technical Guidelines, the participants prepared a detailed implementation strategy, the Be ijing Consensus and Implementation Strategy (BCIS), focussing on National Strategies and with support through regional and international co-operation. The NCs gave unanimous e ndorsement of the Technical Guidelines, in principle, as providing valuable guidance for national and regional efforts in reducing the risks of disease due to the trans-boundary movement of live aquatic animals, and the workshop participants unanimously approved the associated implementation strategy. Implementation of t he Technical Guidelines will contribute to securing and increasing income of aquaculturists in Asia by minimising the disease risks associated with trans-boundary movement of aquatic animal pathogens. They will also contribute to regional efforts to improve rural livelihoods, within the broader framework of responsible management, environmental sustainability and protection of aquatic biodiversity. (Key words: Asia, Aquaculture, Health Management, Aquatic animal diseases, Quarantine, Health Ce rtification, Guidelines) -
MeetingThe Beijing Consensus on the future of global agriculture and rural areas
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No results found.The Beijing Consensus, issued on September 25 2005, calls on governments to recognize the vital roles of agriculture and rural areas in overall economic growth and sustainable development. The meeting addressed the emerging challenges facing developing country agriculture and rural areas such as urbanization and its impact on food demand and supply systems; trade liberalization and its consequences for the poor and uncompetitive farm households; rapid natural resource competition and degradation ; and the urgent needs for stepping up research and technology development. -
Book (series)Committee on Fisheries - Report of the First Session of the Sub-Committee on Aquaculture, Beijing, People's Republic of China, 18-22 April 2002 / Comité des Pêches - Rapport de la première session du Sous-Comité de l'Aquaculture, Beijing (République populaire de Chine), 18-22 avril 2002 / Comité de Pesca - Informe de la primera reunión del Subcomité de Acuicultura, Beijing, República Popular China, 18-22 de abril de 2002 2002At its twenty-fourth session, the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) decided to establish a Sub-Committee on Aquaculture to provide a forum for consultation and discussion on aquaculture and to advise COFI on technical and policy matters related to aquaculture and on the work to be performed by FAO in the subject matter field of aquaculture. At its first session, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from 18 to 22 April 2002, the Sub-Committee recognized the important role that aquaculture cou ld play in improving livelihoods, generating income, and stimulating national and regional development, and identified a number of key priority areas for future work: It also acknowledged the current inadequacy of Regular Programme funds to carry out successfully the activities recommended during this session. It requested that the FAO Fisheries Department review its Medium-Term Plan for its compatibility with the recommendations made during this session, and develop new programme entities with budget requests, as appropriate, to accommodate these un-funded needs, for submission to the next COFI session. The Sub-Committee requested the FAO Fisheries Department to make a report on its efforts in this regard, and present this to the next session of the Sub-Committee.
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