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Protecting pollinators from pesticides

Issues and options to consider when drafting pesticide legislation, beekeeping legislation, and biodiversity legislation

Year of publication 2025

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 106 p.

Author Garthwaite, W.;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-140172-9

To cite or share https://doi.org/10.4060/cd7140en

Synopsis (short abstract) This document is a product of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) under the European Union funded programme “Capacity Building Related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements in African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries Phase III (ACP MEAs 3). FAO recognizes biodiversity and ecosystem services as the basis for sustainable food production and resilient livelihoods. In the face of the growing challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss, FAO leads the global agenda on mainstreaming biodiversity across agricultural sectors for sustainable agrifood systems. The ACP-MEAs 3 project aims to enhance sound biodiversity and agrochemical management working at the national, regional and global levels.The objective of protecting pollinators from pesticides can touch on many different interconnected sectors. When viewed under a One Health approach, several different legislative domains, as well as the interlinkages between them, are important to consider in order to provide the legal tools necessary to support efforts to protect pollinators from pesticides. Accordingly, this document explores how selected features observed in national pesticide legislation, beekeeping legislation, and biodiversity legislation can be adapted to provide stronger tools which can be used to help protect pollinators from pesticides.

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Garthwaite, W. 2025. Protecting pollinators from pesticides – Issues and options to consider when drafting pesticide legislation beekeeping legislation and biodiversity legislation. Rome.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cd7140en

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