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Environmental NGOs urge EU ministers to improve biocide laws to protect environment
With the Environment Council meeting in Brussels on 22 December 2009, thirteen European environment, nature and consumer protection NGOs underline their key demands affecting revision of EU biocide legislation.
Background information:
Key NGO demands concening revision of biocides legislation, 16 December 2009
Position and recommendations by PAN Germany concerning the Commission's draft biocide regulation, 26 November 2009
New ways to fight malaria
On December 3rd, the "Day of No Pesticides" and the "Bhopal Day", PAN Germany will publish the study "Environmental strategies to replace DDT and control malaria". This will contain examples of successful projects applying methods and approaches to malaria control which pose a lower risk. PAN Germany calls on politicians and financiers of malaria control programmes to promote pesticide-free measures to a greater extent. Presse-Release, dated December 1st, 2009
EU Proposes Ban of Highly Hazardous Biocides
The European Commission published a draft for the revision of the ten-year old EC Biocidal Products Directive (BPD) 98/8/EC which regulates the authorisation and placing on the market of approx. 50,000 products, such as moth spray, disinfectants or wood preservatives within the EU. PAN calls for improvements.Press Release dated June 17th, 2009
DDT and the Stockholm Convention - States on the edge of non-compliance
Objective of the Stockholm Convention is to protect human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants by eliminating such chemicals globally. One of these hazardous chemicals is DDT – which is still being used in vector control programs. This study shows that many players and financiers of malaria control programs do not comply with the requirements of the Stockholm Convention.Download (1,4 MB)
PAN International List of Highly Hazardous Pesticides
What are "highly hazardous pesticides"? Here you can ´download the 'PAN International List of Highly Hazardous Pesticides' as well as an attachment showing the different classifications of the Highly Hazardous Pesticides listed by PAN International.Some background information:
November 2006 the FAO Council suggested "that the activities of FAO could include risk reduction, including the progressive ban on highly hazardous pesticides". More
October 2008 the FAO/WHO Joint Meeting on Pesticide Management (JMPM) defined highly hazardous pesticides as having specific characteristics. More
Now available in Spanish and French language too:
Phasing in Alternatives to Endosulfan
Endosulfan is an organochlorine insecticide that is used to control a wide
range of sucking and chewing insects. It is very dangerous for humans and
for the environment and causes harm all over the world. This leaflet
provides information about existing alternatives to endosulfan use. The
given examples from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe of successful
production without endosulfan give daily proof that practical alternatives
to endosulfan exist and are technically and economically feasible.Phasing in alternatives to endosulfan
Download (English Version) (pdf-file, 524 kb)
Introducir gradualmente Alternativas al Endosulfán
Download (Spanish Version) (pdf-file, 652 kb)
Introduction progressive d’alternatives à l’endosulfan
Download (French Version) (pdf-file, 657 kb)
Field Guide to Non-chemical Pest Management in Peanut Production
PAN Germany has published the eleventh field guide in a series on non-chemical pest management in the tropics. These (apart from two) crop specific field guides focus on just one crop and deal with all relevant information on how to manage agricultural pests (e.g. insects, mites, diseases) without using chemical pesticides.
Download (547 kb)Further Field Guides
Food crops grown by organic cotton farmers in West Africa
The following fact sheets on our topic can be downloaded:Ibisco, anacardio e cotone - cosa li accomuna? download (Italian language) (518 kb)
Fonio English (3 MB), Italian (3,1 MB)
Bissap English (2,7 MB), Italian (2,7 MB)
Sesame English (2,5 MB), Italian (2,5 MB)
Cashew English (1,1 MB), Italian (1,1 MB)
Fibre, Food and Beauty Project at SANA Fair 2009
PAN Germany together with OBEPAB and Enda Pronat presented the Fibre, Food and Beauty Project at the business and consumer fair SANA in Bologna, Italy.
This film gives some impressions on our presentation. The music is a present of the Senegalse musician Ismail Lo to the Yakaar Niani Wulli farmers federation to honour their great work.
"For the Consideration of Biodiversity in Plant Protection Legislation"
Pesticides allow the type of agriculture that contributes to the loss of biological diversity. Special attention must therefore be paid to coherency between biodiversity protection and pesticide legislation. The PAN Germany brochure tackles this area of conflict and calls for the implementation of concrete targets for and measures on the use of pesticides in order to improve biodiversity protection within conventional agriculture in Europe.Download (pdf-file, 669 kb)
Diversity without pesticides!
More and more species disappear. They loose their habitats or they are affected directely. For example though pesticides. Although pests can be controlled without chemicals. The film shows what frog, bird, flower and worm think of it.
Or start the film directly on our website
"No food, no home, no partner?"
The fact sheet "No food, no home, no partner? What is left when biodiversity
disappears?" informs about the negative impact of pesticides on biodiversity
with a special focus on amphibians.Download (pdf-file, 116 kb)
Target group specific leaflets for the implementation of the Code of Conduct
- Pesticide Industry download English version, Russian version
- Public Interest Groups download English version, Russian version
- Goverments download English version, Russian version
- Farmers download English version, Russian version
- Food Industry download English version, Russian version
Main Issues on the Further Development of the EC Biocidal Products Directive from the Point of View of German Environmental, Consumer and Animal Welfare Organisations
PositionpaperThe undersigning non-governmental organisations (NGOs) call upon the ministries, authorities, members of parliament and economic organisations involved in the further development of the Council Directive 98/8/EC concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market to commit themselves to prioritised, preventative health and environmental protection. The NGOs call for compliance with the legal framework on biodiversity and animal welfare, for more transparency, and for an EU-wide binding strategy for a step-by-step termination or, as the case may be, reduction of the use of hazardous biocides and biocidal products.
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Alternatives to synthetic pesticides in agriculture
Position paper from the PAN International working group on AlternativesThis PAN International position paper came out from the PAN working group on Alternatives and was collectively developed by the PAN Regional Centres and their partners. This paper provides PAN’s views and analysis on alternatives to synthetic pesticides in agriculture, proposes solution and presents the network’s commitment to resolve the issue.
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