| dc.contributor | Governance Affairs Office | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | United Nations Environment Programme | en_US |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Asia and the Pacific | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-02-02T09:29:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-02-02T09:29:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 22/11/2012 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11822/13629 | |
| dc.description | Context: Asia is mostly agriculture land
• 925 million people are hungry and malnourished around the globe. Around 578 million of them are in Asia, with women and children as the most vulnerable.
• Corporate Agriculture: chemical-intensive, monocropping; increased use and dependence on seeds, pesticides and fertilizers sold by seeds and agro-chemical TNCs – impacts highly on the biodiversity, access to land/resources; environment, and human health.
• Corporate control: Expansion of the highly profitable input industry-i.e. the agrochemical TNCs ((who are also the world’s seed industry giants | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.unep.org/civil-society/Portals/24105/documents/RCMs/2012/ROAP/Session%207%20-%20Chemicals%20and%20Waste%20Management_PAN%20AP%20ARWC.pdf | en_US |
| dc.language | English | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Harmful substances | en_US |
| dc.title | Chemicals and Waste Management Sharing of strategies | en_US |
| dc.type | Presentation | en_US |
| wd.meeting.name | Major Groups and Stakeholders Asia Pacific Meeting 22-23 November 2012 Kathmandu, Nepal | en_US |
| wd.meeting.startdate | 22/11/2012 | |
| wd.meeting.enddate | 23/11/2012 | |
| wd.identifier.collection | Meeting Documents | en_US |
