FAO to study alternatives to endosulfan

摘要

THE Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee of the Stockholm Convention has decided to invite the Food and Agriculture Organisation to undertake studies on integrated pest management alternatives to endosulfan.The decision was taken as a follow up to the decision of the Conference of Parties to the Convention in April to list endosulfan and its isomers for elimination with exemptions for specified crop-pest complexes. It had requested the review committee to assess alternatives to endosulfan.The committee, which met in Geneva recently, resolved to establish an ad hoc working group to review and identify information gaps on alternatives to endosulfan and to assess endosulfan alternatives.