14:48, 31 октября
Tajikistan has joined the Rotterdam Convention (formally, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade), which is a multilateral treaty to promote shared responsibilities in relation to importation of hazardous chemicals.
FAO Regional office for Europe and Central Asia says that for more than a year, FAO has been facilitating and supporting the accession process in Tajikistan under an ongoing pesticide management and disposal project from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in Central Asia and Turkiye.
These efforts have reportedly paid off, with Tajikistan officially ratifying the Rotterdam Convention on October 1, 2024.
One of the four international waste conventions, the Rotterdam Convention regulates the use of pesticides and industrial chemicals that have been banned or severely restricted for health or environmental reasons. It promotes shared responsibility and open exchange of information based on prior informed consent.
The Rotterdam Convention Secretariat is administered…
