International Tools for Preventing Local Pesticide Problems: A consolidated guide to the codes and conventions
This publication was written as part of the project entitled "Pesticides and Poverty: Implementing the Chemical Conventions for safe and just development", financed by the European Union and carried out by the Pesticide Action Network (PAN) UK, PAN Africa, and PAN Asia-Pacific. The guide was edited by Gretta Goldenman and Esther Pozo from the ECOSPHERE, the European Centre on Sustainable Policies for Human and Environmental Rights
This guide is a concise overview of the landscape of international chemicals legislation. It aims to provide the average official and/or layperson with an operational idea of what needs to be in place on national, regional or local level in order to implement the international obligations in the chemicals conventions. It focuses on those codes and conventions set in place to address problems related to pesticides and other chemcials used in daily life. The concept of the "pesticide life cycle" is one of the main organising principles: the guide shows how the international obligations are linked to key points in the "pesticide life cycle" and describes what needs to be in place in terms of legislation, technical infrastructure and human capacity in order to implement the obligations in practice.
