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| Author: | Falconer, K. |
| Title: | Pesticide environmental indicators and environmental policy |
| Journal: | Journal of Environmental Management
2002 : JUL, VOL. 65:3, p. 285-300 |
| Index terms: | ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY TAXATION POLICY |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | A current concern in many European countries is the environmental impact of agricultural pesticide usage and appropriate policy development to reduce impact. Currently, relatively hazardous pesticides that might be targeted for replacement by other products or management practices are not positively identified, with consequently few incentives for farmers to choose the least environmentally-risky chemicals. There is a lacuna in terms of widely-agreed operational environmental indicators, and an urgent need for comparative environmental assessment tools for pesticides, for use by both agriculturists and policy-makers. Such a system could, for example, provide a basis on which to differentiate an eco-tax according to the environmental threats posed by each product. |
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