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Acceptance speech: PANAP Executive Director acknowledges millions of rural women
I would like to thank KEMI for nominating me and the members of the selection committee. As a woman, a feminist, and an advocate of agroecology and for the elimination
PANAP backs listing of 5 pesticides in Annex III of Rotterdam Convention
The two-week long Triple Conferences of the Parties (COPs) to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions has convened in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 24 and will continue until May
Community Monitoring Shows Pattern of Labour Violations in Southeast Asia Plantations
PENANG, MALAYSIA APRIL 28, 2017 – On World Day for Safety and Health at Work, PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) and partners disclosed patterns of poor working conditions for labourers in
EU Commission’s approval of Dow-DuPont merger will not hinder move towards agroecology
EU Commission’s (EUC) recent approval of the $130 billion Dow-DuPont merger is a blatant blow to the people’s fight against mergers between the big six agrochemical companies. The approval, hinged
Palestinian children are not spared from the illegal dumping of pesticides
Last month a joint APN-PANAP report revealed some gruesome facts of Palestinian children suffering a myriad of health impacts. A young school child has become a victim of blood
Growing Our Food Without Polluting Our Pristine Water Source With Farmer Fung
Today is World Water Day, and we are featuring the interview of Famer Fung who believes in the principle of living in harmony with nature and growing our food without
Replacing chemicals with agroecology increases Cambodian farmers’ income by four-folds
Despite the bans, restrictions and withdrawals of highly hazardous pesticides over the past few decades in Asia, many workers are still continuously being exposed to highly hazardous pesticides. A recent
UN Special Rapporteur agrees with PANAP’s “Replace Chemicals with Biology” in a legally binding global convention
The report of Hilal Elver, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food which was presented during the 34th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) incorporated
PAN Vietnam Welcomes the Ban of Paraquat and 2,4-D
Updated 16.March.2017 Two weeks ago, the Vietnamese government officially announced an immediate ban on Syngenta’s paraquat, a highly hazardous pesticide (HHP) and Dow Chemicals’ 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), an organic compound