Tanzania Multi Stakeholder Map - WebNG
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2. How to use the Guide<br />
This section will provide suggestions for:<br />
• Government officials<br />
• The pesticide industry, including commercial users<br />
• Farmers & agricultural workers<br />
• The public health community<br />
• Community groups, including environmental NGOs<br />
• Journalists<br />
3. Overview of the Codes & Conventions<br />
• Brief history of development of international legal<br />
agreements on chemicals management, including pesticides<br />
• FAO Code of Conduct, UNEP London Guidelines<br />
• Agenda 21, Chapter 19 -- Global Harmonised<br />
System (GHS)<br />
• General chemical safety efforts (Intergovernmental Forum<br />
for Chemical Safety, GHS, SAICM, UN Recommendations<br />
on Transport of Dangerous Goods)<br />
• Management of chemical pesticides in particular<br />
– FAO Code of Conduct<br />
– Draft WHO Guidelines on the Management of Public<br />
Health Pesticides<br />
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3. Overview of the Codes & Conventions<br />
[continued]<br />
• Restrictions on specific chemical pesticides<br />
– Rotterdam (PIC)<br />
– Stockholm (POPs)<br />
– Montreal Protocol (e.g. methyl bromide)<br />
• Controls over import/export/transport of waste<br />
– Basel<br />
– Bamako<br />
• Protection of workers (ILO Chemicals Convention,<br />
Convention on Agricultural Workers)<br />
• Protection of biodiversity (Biosafety, Ramsar Protocol)<br />
• Food safety (Codex?)<br />
4. Implementing the Codes & Conventions (1)<br />
This section will be a type of operational guide<br />
• Core obligations / scope<br />
• Designation of competent authorities (importance of<br />
cooperating nationally, regionally)<br />
• Basic chemicals management requirements<br />
– Assessment & classification of chemicals (GHS, Code)<br />
– Data collection / register<br />
– Hazard communication (GHS labelling, safety data<br />
sheets)<br />
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4. Implementing the Codes & Conventions (2)<br />
4. Implementing the Codes & Conventions (3)<br />
• Basic requirements for safe management of pesticides<br />
– Information on pesticide efficacy, hazards & risks, etc.<br />
– System for authorisation & de-authorisation [e.g. bans]<br />
of pesticides<br />
– Trained users (e.g. through agricultural extension)<br />
– Tracking of impacts from use (monitoring)<br />
• Protection against unwanted trade (imports/exports)<br />
– Basel & Rotterdam Conventions<br />
– International Customs Codes<br />
• Controls over manufacturing/formulation, distribution/sales<br />
– ‘Responsible Care’ & BAT in manufacturing/formulat’n<br />
– Phase-outs of production & release of POPs (Stockholm)<br />
– Packaging & labelling, including in transit (UN RTDG)<br />
– Advertising; information delivered at point of sale<br />
• Controls against improper use<br />
– Best Environmental Practice (BEP), incl. vector control<br />
– IPM / ICM & Good Agricultural Practice<br />
– Farm-level recordkeeping / reporting<br />
– Replacement & alternatives<br />
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