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Strengthening capacities to address harmful pesticides: how the Rotterdam Convention is working in Latin America

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 16

Author Acosta, E. ; Wyrwal, G.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Category Brochure

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This brochure describes a series of projects carried out in Colombia, Panama, Dominican Republic and Honduras during 2013-2017 to improve their implementation of the Rotterdam Convention and notably their response to incidents involving severely hazardous pesticide formulations (SHPFs). The projects were planned and run by the countries themselves, with technical support from the Rotterdam Secretariat. All four countries are Parties to the Convention, and the goal was to help them fulfil the resulting obligations. The technical support gave the countries a better understanding of the problem, enhanced the capacities of the personnel engaged in the different activities, and introduced better technologies, such as digital surveillance systems and mobile applications to improve the recording of data on pesticide incidents.

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