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The United Nation Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will support efforts by 12 countries in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia to manage their vast stocks of obsolete pesticides. An estimated 200,000 tons of obsolete pesticides – nearly half the world’s stockpiles – can be found in 12 former Soviet Union republics, according to FAO, which has formed a partnership with the European Union (EU) to invest €7 million to assist Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan to manage the chemicals. (...)

The article:
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41777&Cr=agriculture&Cr1=

More about:
http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/134629/icode/

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FAO celebrates anniversary of creation of the International Plant Protection Convention:
http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/131114/icode/

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Il diclorvos non potrà più essere utilizzato come insetticida e acaricida:

http://www.greenreport.it/_new/index.php?page=default&id=%2015838

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Batteri e insetti contro i pesticidi:

http://www.galileonet.it/articles/4faa1c6a72b7ab6a26000043

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