UK's disappointing National Action Plan is a missed opportunity for progress

摘要

The UK Government's second round of consultation on the Sustainable Use Directive represents a missed opportunity to introduce progressive policies and approaches that could have ushered in a more sustainable and safer approach to pesticide use, The UK Government has launched a second public consultation on the implementation of new EU pesticide legislation in the UK. The consultation, led by the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) (the UK government department responsible for implementing the SUD) presents the draft UK National Action Plan on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides (NAP)1. The creation of a NAP is a key requirement under Article 4 of the EU Directive on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides (SUD) and each Member State (MS) in the EU is required to submit their completed NAP to the European Commission by November 2012.