IISD Mourns the Passing of Ciata Bishop, Advisor and Advocate for Responsible Agricultural Investment

The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) issued a statement honoring the life and career of Ciata Bishop, an international trade and investment lawyer and former Liberian government official. Bishop served as an advisor to IISD, contributing her expertise to the development of a model contract for responsible investment in agriculture and conducting workshops for government officials on contract farming and international investment agreements. Her work focused on ensuring that agricultural investments are conducted sustainably and with the involvement of affected communities.

• Ciata Bishop was an international trade and investment lawyer who held senior leadership positions in Liberia, including Director General of the National Bureau of Concession and Executive Director of the National Investment Commission.
• Bishop collaborated with IISD starting in 2011 and later served as a formal advisor to the agriculture team, where she helped develop an updated IISD model contract for responsible investment in agriculture.
• Bishop's work with IISD involved developing workshops for government officials on subjects such as international investment agreements, agriculture investor–state contracts, and responsible contract farming.
• Bishop advocated for sustainable investment practices that prioritize the involvement of affected communities.

APA

International Institute for Sustainable Development (2022). IISD Mourns the Passing of Ciata Bishop, Advisor and Advocate for Responsible Agricultural Investment. https://www.iisd.org/articles/statement/iisd-mourns-ciata-bishop

Chicago

International Institute for Sustainable Development. IISD Mourns the Passing of Ciata Bishop, Advisor and Advocate for Responsible Agricultural Investment. 2022. https://www.iisd.org/articles/statement/iisd-mourns-ciata-bishop.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{internationalinstituteforsustainabledevelopment2022iisd, author = {{International Institute for Sustainable Development}}, title = {{IISD Mourns the Passing of Ciata Bishop, Advisor and Advocate for Responsible Agricultural Investment}}, publisher = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2022}, month = oct, url = {https://www.iisd.org/articles/statement/iisd-mourns-ciata-bishop}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }