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More Discussions Necessary on Requirement for an Intergovernmental Scientific Body for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Photo/Unep/Reproduction

The international political agenda

Close to 100 nations concluded a review of how science can better guide policy by examining the merits of a new scientific body able to put the loss of biodiversity, ecosystems and their multi-trillion dollar services at the top of the political agenda.

Boosting cost effective and environmentally-friendly alternatives to the malaria-controlling chemical DDT will be high on the international agenda when delegates meet in early November. Photo/Unep/Reproduction

Alternatives to DDT on International Radar

Countries, industry, research institutes and non governmental organizations will review an interim report aimed at setting up a global partnership on alternatives to DDT and ways in which these can be distributed to countries and communities at risk. DDT is one of 12 substances controlled under the Stockholm Convention- a treaty designed to control and eliminate persistent organic pollutants or POPs.