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A new World Malaria Day is around the corner and we at PAN applaud the strides made to combat this deadly disease over the past year.Here is the link for the World Malaria Day blog: http://www.panna.org/blog/guest-blog-toward-safer-malaria-control-solutions

PAN applauds the strides made by the international community to combat malaria this past year and efforts in place to find alternatives to DDT used in vector control. However, it notes that funds for the work of the DDT Expert Group and the Global Alliance for Alternatives t

At the 7th Conference of Parties of the Rotterdam Convention, being held in Geneva from May 12th to 15th, once again India and Guatemala now with Indonesia blocked the listing of Paraquat (20%). The ongoing stalemate over this and chrysotile asbestos, blocked for the fifth time, show

Madame Chair, We Ndéye Maimouna DIENE, Ndeye Astou Syllah and Amy SAKHO, from Senegal,we present this statement and priority issues discussed in the report prepared by FEMNET Shadow Senegal, Senegalese Association of Jurists (AJS), Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Africa, Association of

Pesticide joins international ‘highly hazardous’ list slated for phaseout On July 29, 2015 a branch of the World Health Organization (WHO) released a monograph of the herbicide glyphosate on which it had based its earlier decision that this chemical is a probable carcinogen for humans

Agroecological practices can increase farm productivity and food security, improve rural livelihoods and adaption to climate change, and reduce the environmental impacts of agriculture.Today, at the 4th International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM4) in Geneva, Pesticide Acti

Many pesticides pose a threat to human health and the environment and result in heavy costs to societies. Due to their extensive use over a long period of time, highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) are now widely dispersed throughout ecosystems globally. Pesticides are found in human bo

Decades of experience has shown that, despite numerous ‘safe use’ programs, the ’safe use’ of highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) is not possible. Peop le, farmanimals, wildlife and the environment continue to suffer considerable harm from HHPs. After decades of failure which have seen

Concept Note The exploitation of forests, rangeland and cropland in the short term, led in many countries of Africa to a deterioration of the environment that was manifested in the degradation or loss of forests and rangelands and the depletion of farmland. Conventional agriculture is