IHPA

Newsletter #022 – December 2011

Ws0ljiwojsli — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:47:40 +0000

IHPA has been issuing certificates for “Ambassadors for Life”

Ws0ljiwojsli — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:28:58 +0000

During the 11th International HCH and Pesticides Forum, IHPA Chair Bram de Borst handed over again a number certificates to the new IHPA ambassadors before the closure of the Forum:

For the first time, IHPA has been issuing certificates for “Ambassadors for Life”. These special golden certificates reflect the long-term dedication and engagement of the following three IHPA ambassadors:

Dr. Tchecknavorian

We want to express our highest gratitude to Dr. Tchecknavorian, who has been permanently fighting to get the obsolete pesticide issue on the international agenda and has engaged herself on the highest level to move the issue forward and worked many times in our resolution team during the past forums. Dr. Tchecknavorian has been a key person in the development of IHPA and she has with her personal strength and expert knowledge guided IHPA to a prominent position in the international community.

We want to express our highest gratitude to Prof. Emmanuel Heinisch, who has been one of the first scientists that wrote extensively about Chlorinated Pesticides production and has been presenting the issue for decade to the scientific society and worked on the global public and scientific awareness of the POPs pesticides

Dr. Sugavanam

We want to express our highest gratitude to Dr. Bala Sugavanam, who has been the engine for the last decade to edit and promote the POPs Newsletter. He has started the work from nothing and was able to create a group of several thousand newsletter readers. This growing reader group is and will be vital for the general public and for the specialists in the field of POPs. Dr. Sugavanam has this year handed over the editorship of the Newsletter to Prof. Dr. Md. Mahbubar Rahman, but is still active with his contributions to the Newsletter.

Further the following persons have been appointed and received the certificate of IHPA ambassador:

Shahin M. Panahov, PhD, ECORES Information-Analytic Environmental Agency, Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan, spanahov1@yahoo.com or s.panahov@dedrx.gov.az
Arastun Hasanov, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, Republic of Azerbaijan, erestun-hesenov@rambler.ru
Rashad Allahverdiyev, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, Republic of Azerbaijan, az.mineco@gmail.com
Emin Garabaghli, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, Republic of Azerbaijan, emin.garabaghli@gmail.com
Faizan Haider Khan, Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, India, E-mail: mbt.110@gmail.com And mbt_110@rediffmail.com
Richard Thompson, Pesticide Risk Reduction Group, AGP, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy, Richard.Thompson@fao.org
Robert Bechtloff, robert.bechtloff@gmail.com
Ms. Veronica Tertea, Ministry of Agriculture, Moldova, sandras56@rambler.ru or veroter@gmail.com
Moedio Tirtotaroeno, Environmental Health & Safety Consultant, Suriname, moedio@tirtotaroeno.com
Margret Schlumpf, Green Tox, Switzerland, Margret.Schlumpf@access.uzh.ch
Kazkan Orazalina, Republican State Enterprise “Kazakhskii research institute of ecology and climate” of Environment Ministry Kazakhstan, k_orazalina@mail.ru
Asil A. Nurzhanova, Institute of Plant Physiology, Genetics and Bioengineering, Almaty, Kazakhstan, gen_Asil@mail.ru
Russell Coban, United Kingdom, russell.cobban@gmail.com
Irma Tskvitinidze, Food safety, Veterinary and Plant protection National service, Georgia, irmatskvitinidze@yahoo.com
Mihaela Ciobanu Paun, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Impact Assessment, Pollution Control and Air Protection General Directorate, Romania, mihaela.ciobanu@mmediu.ro
Daniela Lud Tauw Germany, daniela.lud@tauw.de
Elena Karabach Ministry of Agriculture Belarus, lenaKarabach@tut.by
Amina Beibitova, National Coordinator of UNDP/GEF. UNDP Kazakhstan, Astana. Kazakhstan, Amina.Beibitova@undp.org
Dr. Urs K. Wagner, ETI Environmental Technology Int. Ltd., Switzerland, Urs Wagner wagnerurs@yahoo.de
Prof. Maurice Jutz, University of applied science, Institute for Ecopreneurship (IEC), Switzerland, m.jutz@sunrise.ch
Mikhail Malkov, Engineering Center for Environmental Security, Kiev, Ukraine, eces.mm@gmail.com and mmalkou@gmail.com
Jésus Fernández Cascán, Dirección General de Calidad Ambiental y Cambio Cimático, Sección de Autorizaciones, Gobierno de Aragon, Zaragoza, Spain, jfernandezc@aragon.es
Carlos Cacho Nerin, Jefe de Servicio de Control Ambiental, Dirección General de Calidad Ambiental y Cambio Climático, Gobierno de Aragon, Zaragoza, Spain, ccachon@aragon.es
Raquel Martinez Andrés, Jefe Dpto. Estudios y Proyectos, Area de Calidad Ambiental, Sodemasa, Zaragoza, Spain, rmartinez@sodemasa.com
Sergio San Agustín, Departamento de Estudios y Proyectos, Sodemasa, Zaragoza, Spain, ssanagustin@sodemasa.com
Francisco Javier Jiménez Sánchez, Director Area de Calidad Ambiental, Sodemasa, Zaragoza, Spain, fjimenez@sodemasa.com
Silvia Hernández Ugencio, Departamento de Estudios y Proyectos, Sodemasa, Zaragoza, Spain, shernandez@sodemasa.com
Miguel Ángel Arjol, Sodemasa, Zaragoza, Spain, marjol@sodemasa.com
Volodymr Kuznietsov, journalist, Ukraine, kuzn78@gmail.com

All ambassadors will be listed on the IHPA website at: http://www.ihpa.info/about/ambassadors/

It should be noted that all ambassadors are responsible for their contact information in case of changes and should forward such changes to the secretariat: john.vijgen@ihpa.info

Interview from 11th HCH Forum

Ws0ljiwojsli — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:59:38 +0000

Interview of Minister of Ecology & Natural Resources of the Republic of Azerbaijan H.E.Huseyn Bagirov and the editor of the IHPA POPs Newsletter, Prof. Dr. Md. Mahbubar Rahman about how to deal with the problems of Obsolete pesticides in Azerbaijan and the 11th int. HCh and Pesticides Forum. See on IHPA Video page

Press releases after the 11th HCH Forum

Ws0ljiwojsli — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:12:15 +0000

Obsolete (lethal) Pesticides

Ws0ljiwojsli — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:35:01 +0000

NEW PAGE in our LIBRARY! Obsolete (lethal) Pesticides, a ticking time bomb and why we have to act now.
(available in English, Russian, Azerbaijani and Mongolian)
Authors: John Vijgen, Director of the International HCH &
Pesticides Association (IHPA,
Christian Egenhofer, Senior Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels (CEPS)
Publisher: Tauw Group bv, The Netherlands (on behave of IHPA, c/o Elmevej 14, DK-2840 Holte.)
ISBN-13: 978-90-76098-10-4

11th International HCH and Pesticides Forum – Gabala Declaration

Ws0ljiwojsli — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:58:16 +0000

Dear all,
Please find the Gabala Declaration of the 11th Int. HCH Forum, which we think has been a great success. We feel the commitment of the EECCA governments is increasing and the Azerbaijan government has given the good example for all countries in the region and has declared to clean up obsolete and POPs pesticides in the next 8-10 years. We are also very glad to have a strong commitment of EU Members of the Parliament to support to keep Obsolete and POPs pesticides on the EU agenda and to support our works . I hope we can keep this encouraging spirit in the coming years and dedicate our joint efforts to start cleaning up the EECCA region.
Yours,
John
John Vijgen

The scenario of HCH-exposure in Lucknow – video and pictures

Ws0ljiwojsli — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:40:01 +0000

The scenario of HCH-exposure in Lucknow (U.P. India) and its nearby districts (by Dr. Faizan Haider Khan) – See on IHPA Video page

Newsletter #021 – June 2011

Ws0ljiwojsli — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:51:33 +0000

IHPA-Pops-Newsletter-No21

10th Int. HCH and Pesticides Forum Book

Ws0ljiwojsli — Thu, 26 May 2011 16:30:17 +0000

On frequent request IHPA makes 10th International HCH and Pesticides Forum Book available for download for 20€.

Please visit: IHPA shop.

Silent Snow – European premiere

Ws0ljiwojsli — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:22:51 +0000

After a successful preview in Nairobi by UNEP the European premiere will be in The Hague, at the Movies that Matter Festival. First screening: Sunday March 27 at 7 PM in Theater aan het Spui.

More info: www.silentsnow.org