Subject: PANUPS: Italy Campaign

From: Pesticide Action Network North America Reg Ctr <[email-masked]>
Date: 02 Apr 93 16:20 PST

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 PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK NORTH AMERICA UPDATES SERVICE
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ITALIAN CAMPAIGN TO REDUCE PESTICIDE EXPORTS

April 2, 1993

	Two hundred people met in Bologna, Italy, on 
February 25 to launch a campaign to stop the export of 
pesticides banned in Europe to developing countries.  
The new campaign, Una Terra buona per tutti (a healthy 
earth for everyone), will initially push for legislation 
banning such exports from Italy and will ultimately seek 
EC legislation prohibiting exports from all EC member 
countries.
	In 1989, COSPE (Cooperazione per lo sviluppo dei 
paesi emergenti, a group working with developing 
countries), in collaboration with other NGOs such as 
Lega Ambiente and Greenpeace submitted a plan to the 
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the EC aimed at 
decreasing the use of pesticides in developing 
countries.  Since both bodies approved the plan in 1992, 
the campaign will work on speeding implementation.  
Other groups supporting the campaign include the World 
Wildlife Fund, Italy, and the COOP (a large food 
distribution cooperative).
	A committee made up of university professors will 
provide technical and scientific support for the 
campaign. The committee will draft a code of practice 
reflecting environmental concerns for NGO agricultural 
cooperation programs in less developed countries. The 
campaign will also seek changes in the Italian Ministry 
of Foreign AffairsU aid policy to reflect the code.
	Campaign organizers also plan to start a pesticide 
residue analysis program on produce of tropical origin 
as well as information and awareness campaigns for 
consumers and students.

Source: Francesco Diomede, COSPE
-Agrow, March 5, 1993.

Contact: Francesco Diomede, COSPE, Viale Vicini 16, 
40122 Bologna, Italy. phone: (39-51) 433 618, fax: (39-
51) 434 894.

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