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Infographics on Highly Hazardous Pesticides

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World Health Organization
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May 2020
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It's time to regulate Highly Hazardous Pesticides!It won’t compromise agriculture, but it will save lives.This document was prepared by WHO under the Global Environment Facility (GEF) full sized project 9771: Global best practices on emerging chemical policy issues of concern under the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM). This project is funded by the GEF, implemented by UNEP and executed by the SAICM Secretariat. WHO acknowledges the financial contribution of the Global Environment Facility for the development, editing and
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Crops that drive world trade in hazardous pesticides

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Unearthed , Public Eye
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May 2020
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Unearthed and Public Eye analysed more than USD 23bn of agrochemical sales data for 2018 - about 40% of the global market - to identify sales of highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs). Across 12 groups analysed, those shown here accounted for more than four out of every five dollars spent on HHPs.
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Community of practice summary of discussions

Examples and case studies on strategies for identifying HHPs from different perspectives

September 2020
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The SAICM Secretariat, in partnership with the University of Cape Town, established a community of practice on Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) to foster discussions, exchange of best practices, and recommendations to address HHPs amongst relevant stakeholders. This is a summary of the discussion on Examples and case studies on strategies for identifying HHPs from different perspectives, which took place on 16 September 2020.Presenters: Dr Richard Brown (WHO), Dr Halshka Graczyk (ILO), Dr Keith Tyrell (PAN-UK), Dr Christoph Neumann (CropLife International)
Emerging Policy Issues: Highly Hazardous Pesticides
Topics: Knowledge Management
Community of practice summary of discussions

Overview of the HHP Global Action Plan and way forward

October 2020
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The SAICM Secretariat, in partnership with the University of Cape Town, established a community of practice on Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) to foster discussions, exchange of best practices, and recommendations to address HHPs amongst relevant stakeholders. This is a summary of the discussion on Overview of the HHP Global Action Plan and way forward, which took place on 21 October 2020.Presenter: Dr Baogen Bu (FAO)Despite the success of many actions to eliminate Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs), they continue to pose
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Topics: Knowledge Management
Infographic

biodiversity in danger from poor management of chemicals and waste

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SAICM
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June 2020
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World Environment Day took place on 5 June 2020 and the theme this year was biodiversity. SAICM celebrated by creating an infographic on how chemicals and waste can impact biodiversity and releasing an article on how we can do more to protect and help our planet's biodiversity flourish.
Emerging Policy Issues: Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Highly Hazardous Pesticides Perfluorinated Chemicals Chemicals in products
Topics: Awareness-raising Sustainable Development Goals
Community of practice summary of discussions

Community of Practice on Highly Hazardous Pesticides - 2020 Digest Compliation

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UNEP
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May 2021
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The Secretariat of the Strategic Approach to Chemicals Management (SAICM) and the University of Cape Town (UCT) have established a Community of Practice (CoP) on Highly Hazardous Pesticides to bring representatives from different sectors together and to create a learning network around issues related to addressing Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs). This is a compilation of summaries of the discussions, which took place in 2020.
Emerging Policy Issues: Highly Hazardous Pesticides
Topics: Knowledge Management
Community of practice summary of discussions

Mapping the global landscape of HHP risk reduction work

August 2020
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The SAICM Secretariat, in partnership with the University of Cape Town, established a community of practice on Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) to foster discussions, exchange of best practices, and recommendations to address HHPs amongst relevant stakeholders. This is a summary of the discussion on Mapping the global landscape of HHP risk reduction work, which took place on 15 July 2020.Presenter: Ivy Saunyama (FAO)Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) are responsible for significant environmental, economic and human health problems including acute and chronic
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Topics: Knowledge Management
Community of practice summary of discussions

Perspectives on addressing HHPs in the SAICM context

September 2020
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The SAICM Secretariat, in partnership with the University of Cape Town, established a community of practice on Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) to foster discussions, exchange of best practices, and recommendations to address HHPs amongst relevant stakeholders. This is a summary of the discussion on Perspectives on addressing HHPs in the SAICM context, which took place on 19 August 2020.Presenter: Brenda Koekkoek (SAICM)In 2006 the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launched the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM), a multi-stakeholder
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Topics: Knowledge Management
SAICM_UCT HHP CoP Discussion 3 2022 Digest
Community of practice summary of discussions

Rights-based approach to Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) management

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SAICM
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January 2023
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The SAICM Secretariat, in partnership with the University of Cape Town, established a community of practice on Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) to foster discussions, exchange of best practices, and recommendations to address HHPs amongst relevant stakeholders. This is a summary of the discussion on Rights-based approach to Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) management, which took place on 30 November 2022.

Presenters: Baskut Tuncak (TURI), Peter Hurst, Laurent Gaberell (Public Eye)

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SAICM_UCT HHP CoP Discussion 4 Digest
Community of practice summary of discussions

The importance of farmer and farmer organisations’ perspectives on Highly Hazardous Pesticides

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SAICM
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December 2022
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The SAICM Secretariat, in partnership with the University of Cape Town, established a community of practice on Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) to foster discussions, exchange of best practices, and recommendations to address HHPs amongst relevant stakeholders. This is a summary of the discussion on The importance of farmer and farmer organisations' perspectives on Highly Hazardous Pesticides, which took place on 12 December 2022.

Presenters: Prof. Hanna-Andrea Rother (UCT), Andrew Ardington (RegenAg SA)

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