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Crunch Time on Glyphosate
Crunch Time on Glyphosate

December 4, 2017

The European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI)(link is external) to ban glyphosate (and reform the pesticides approval procedure and protect citizens and the environment from exposure to hazardous pesticides...

Integrated Pest Management: Which Sectors have taken up IPM and new Symposium
Integrated Pest Management: Which Sectors have taken up IPM and new Symposium

December 4, 2017

Integrated Pest Management: which sectors have taken up IPM and launch of the Symposium on the sustainable use of pesticides Directive (SUD) , 31/1/2018, BrusselsIn Europe, where things are most movin...

Ljubljana-EU Green Capital 2016- takes the first step in the move towards pesticide free
Ljubljana-EU Green Capital 2016- takes the first step in the move towards pesticide free

November 30, 2017

Last year, Ljubljana, the capital and largest city of Slovenia, was awarded a prestigious European Green Capital (link is external)title. This was due to fact that the city boasts many ‘green’ achieve...

Local Struggles against Use of Pesticides in UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the Cases of Italian Prosecco region and Croation Hvar Island
Local Struggles against Use of Pesticides in UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the Cases of Italian Prosecco region and Croation Hvar Island

November 16, 2017

The region of Prosecco DOCG in Italy is characterized by intensive wine production, where vineyards cover both urban and natural areas over the entire area, and where pesticides are intensely used. Th...

EU's Efforts to regulate Endocrine Disruptors (EDCs)
EU's Efforts to regulate Endocrine Disruptors (EDCs)

November 16, 2017

Yet another impasse in European Institutions’ efforts to regulate Endocrine Disruptors (EDCs), chemicals that interfere with hormonal systems causing significant negative effects on reproduction, grow...

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