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Open Letter to the Focal Points of Asia Pacific Regional on the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management, Bangkok 2018
PAN Asia Pacific remains deeply concerned about the adverse impacts of highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) on farmers, workers and communities in the region, and we are looking to the SAICM
Another deadly year
“These trends challenge rural communities and advocates of the people’s right to land and resources, food sovereignty and genuine land reform, to remain unwavering in their efforts to build a
Reassessing Food Safety in Asia?
PAN UK’s recent “Food for Thought” report definitely provides some nourishment for the mind to reassess the safety of our food in the Asian region. Despite having one of the
Syngenta expects its pesticides to poison people
written by Dr. Meriel Watts Over the past two weeks of intensive talks on global regulation of a number of pesticides draw to a close in Rome, PANAP observer Dr
GMOs are not needed in the Asia-Pacific Region
Globally we produce enough food to feed everyone, yet, losses (40%) are incurred during harvest and processing (developing countries) and at the retail/consumer level (industrialized countries). The Food and Agriculture
Farmers’ caravan to Manila highlights fight vs. land grabs, fascism
But Carmelito has not given up his right to land. He, together with 170 other agrarian reform beneficiaries from Mindanao, held a campout in Manila. Farmers from the Southern Mindanao
Kickstart of 2 weeks of UN meetings on chemicals
Tuesday October 17th kickstarted two weeks of intensive talks on a number of pesticides at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) Headquarters in Rome. First up is
Debt and destruction: China-funded projects in Sri Lanka stir controversy, conflict
But the project, like many others bankrolled by China in Sri Lanka, is also causing the massive displacement of small farmers and fishers while pushing the country deeper in debt.
No Sweet Deal: community resists Chinese sugarcane land grab
“Prame is our home,” 60-year-old Tep Toem told PANAP during a visit to their community. “Before us, it was our parents’, grandparents’, and great grandparents’ home.” When PAN Asia Pacific