Highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) are a threat to human health and the environment, with significant impacts on developing and transition countries. In 2005, more than 100 governments at the Fourth International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM4) agreed that HHPs are an issue of global concern and reached a consensus resolution to give priority to promoting agro-ecological alternatives in the process of implementing the strategy on HHPs developed by FAO-UNEP-WHO.
Over 27% of pesticides approved in Togo are highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs). Eight (8) of these highly toxic pesticides were registered by the National Committee of Plant Protection Products of Togo and are commonly used in the country even though they are formally banned in Europe and other countries of the world. Find out more in this national report on HHPs and alternatives in Togo from the Organization for the Environment and Sustainable Development (OPED).
This project relates to Sustainable Development Goals 2, 3, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, and 15.
This National Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) Report for Burundi by Propreté, Environnement Et Sante (PES.) reveals that out of the 76 active ingredients included in pesticides registered in the country, 51 active ingredients or 67% are HHPs. The report concludes with recommendations for more effective pesticide use to reduce the damage to human health and the environment.
This project relates to Sustainable Development Goals 2, 3, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, and 15.
This report Promoviendo el paradigma agroecológico en el camino hacia la eliminación de los plaguicidas altamente peligrosos from Centro de Estudios sobre tecnologías apropiadas de la Argentina (CETAAR) provides an overview of the Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) situation in Argentina and its associated problems. The report then zeroes in on promoting the agroecological paradigm as the path to eliminating HHPs with a discussion on the national and local policies and practices that support ecological agriculture.
40% of the total number of pesticides registered in Mali are considered highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs). Find out more about the HHPs situation in Mali on this report from Action pour la Conservation de l’Environnement et le Développement Durable (ACEDD). ACEDD also provides recommendations for better management of chemical pesticides and promotion of alternatives in the country.
This project relates to Sustainable Development Goals 2, 3, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, and 15.
Alternatives to highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) have been developed and increasingly used by farmers in Niger since the beginning of the last decade. Association Vie & Développement Kowa Murna (AVD-Kowa Murna) documents in this report such biological alternatives that are used. The report ends with recommendations on how to promote HHP alternatives in the country further.
This project relates to Sustainable Development Goals 2, 3, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, and 15.
Panel recommends many household chemicals and pesticides be exempt from scrutiny and agricultural chemicals’ approvals be fast-tracked
Saturday, 03 April 2021
(The Guardian, AUSTRALIA)
Environment and health groups have fiercely criticised proposals to relax the regulation of chemicals and pesticides in Australia, saying they are “totally at odds” with public health and safety expectations.
This report presents findings of a study completed by the Sudanese Environment Conservation Society (SECS) in May 2020 with support from IPEN. The purpose of the project study was to provide a general overview of pesticides registered and used in Sudan, and on what crops; outline efforts in the country to phase out the use of highly hazardous pesticides and the challenges therein; and provide information about the use of alternative, non-chemical approaches such as agro-ecology in agricultural practices in Sudan.
