Latin America and the Caribbean

PARTIES

WORKSHOPS

COUNTRIES RECEIVED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

1381

PARTICIPANTS TRAINED

THEMATIC AREAS ADDRESSED

PROJECTS

PHOTOS

Field survey on alternatives to the use of hazardous chemicals – melonworm on leaves – in Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2018

Photo: © Rotterdam Convention Secretariat

PHOTOS

National consultation on the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention in Mexico in 2019

Photo: © Rotterdam Convention Secretariat

PHOTOS

Coffee farmer reporting pesticide poisoning due to carbofuran EC in Valle del Cauca in Colombia in 2017

Photo: © Rotterdam Convention Secretariat

PHOTOS

Antigua y Barbuda
Argentina
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Uruguay
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic)

Total 44

National 28

Regional 13

Sub-Regional 3

Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Republica Dominicana
Saint Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St.Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad & Tobago
Uruguay
Venezuela

MALE

688

FEMALE

693

1381

ALL

Promoting alternatives to the use of hazardous chemicals

Strengthening legislative framework on pesticide management

Elaboration of a national action plan to implement the Rotterdam Convention

Fostering the process of ratification

Monitoring pesticide poisoning cases and Severely Hazardous Pesticides Formulation

Implementation and obligations of the Rotterdam Convention: Import responses, notification of final regulatory actions, export notifications

Trade Provisions

Suriname

July 2022 > February 2023

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Field Survey: Collection and Analysis of Data on pesticide poisoning incidents in farming communities in Suriname

Implemented by “Anton de Kom University of Suriname

Belize

July 2021 > January 2022

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Field Survey: Collection and Analysis of Data on pesticide poisoning incidents in farming communities in Belize.

Implemented by the University of Belize.

Argentina

November 2020 > July 2021

Strenghting National Capacities fot Notification of Firm Regulatory Measures (MRFs) on banned or restricted products in Argentina: Carbaryl risk assessment.

Faculty of Agronomy Foundation of the University of Buenos Aires, SENASA, National Service of Health and Food Quality.

Bolivia

November 2020 > December 2021

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Strengthening of technical capacities within the framework of the Rotterdam Convention - Identification of pesticide poisonings in priority areas of Bolivia.

Pesticides Foundation (PLAGBOL), Ministry of the Environment and Water, the Ministry of Rural Development and the Ministry of Health.

Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago

December 2019 > December 2020

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Field Survey: Collection and analysis of data on pesticide poisoning incidents among farmers in Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago.

Implemented by the University of Technology of Jamaica (UTech).

Perú

November 2019 > December 2020

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Description of the use of Severely Hazardous Pesticides Formulation (SHPFs) and occupational exposure in the Lima-Provinces region, Peru, under the Rotterdam Convention.

Implemented by Grupo GEA.

Argentina

October 2019 > December 2020

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Strengthening national capacities for the notification of final regulatory actions on banned or restricted chemicals and pesticides based on scientific information.

Implemented by the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Buenos Aires (UBA)