Azerbaijan to host International Pesticides Forum

The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan and International HCH and Pesticides Association (IHPA) will organize International Pesticides Forum in Gabala, Azerbaijan on September 7-9, 2011, press service of the ministry said.

The International HCH and Pesticides Forum is a technical forum, open for discussions and interactions among the pesticides manufacturing industry, international, national and regional authorities, NGOs, Research and Development Institutes, contractors, consultants and other knowledgeable and interested parties. The aim of the Forum is to find technical and applicable solutions to the problems arising from the (former) production and application of pesticides.

This year the forum in Azerbaijan will address the pesticides problems of the Caucasian and Central Asian countries. Officials of the European Parliament, international research centers and representatives of governmental and non-governmental organizations of European and CIS countries will attend the forum.

Participants of the forum are expected to adopt Gabala Declaration.


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