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Info Service on Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge (May24/02) Recommendations on indicators for Target 7 (pesticide pollution) in the monitoring framework Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity will gather in Nairobi for the Twenty-sixth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice from 13-18 May 2024. A key issue on the agenda is with regard to the monitoring framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Pesticide Action Network UK and TWN are pleased to share some recommendations on the indicators for Target 7 in relation to the commitment to reduce the risks from pesticides. With
best wishes, ——————————————————————————- Recommendations for SBSTTA26 on indicators for Target 7 (pesticide pollution) in the Monitoring Framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (Relevant to: CBD/SBSSTA/26/2 (Agenda Item 3)) Pesticide Action Network UK and Third World Network, May 2024 1. Endorse the proposed Aggregated Total Applied Toxicity (ATAT) headline indicator 7.2 SBSTTA-26 is asked to review the work of the AHTEG on Indicators for the Monitoring Framework of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, with draft recommendations to endorse the updates to the monitoring framework and recommend their adoption at COP16 (CBD/SBSTTA/26/2). The revised monitoring framework detailed in Annex 1 to CBD/SBSTTA/26/2 includes the AHTEG’s recommendation that the Aggregated Total Applied Toxicity (ATAT) indicator be adopted for Headline Indicator 7.2 on pesticide risk reduction, pertaining to Target 7 of the KMGBF. The ATAT indicator and methodology combines available data on pesticide toxicity to biodiversity and volume of use to generate an appropriate measure of risk to biodiversity, and reflects outcomes of a global experts meeting on headline indicator 7.2, convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the CBD Secretariat. The ATAT headline indicator 7.2 as contained in Annex 1 of CBD/SBSTTA/26/2, should be endorsed for adoption as recommended. 2. Reinstate the Target 7 complementary indicator on highly hazardous pesticides A critical complementary indicator from the Monitoring Framework, relating to pesticides and highly hazardous chemical risk reduction has been removed. The removed indicator (under Target 7) is: ‘- Name, amount/ volume/ concentration of highly hazardous pesticides by type (per land/marine area)’. This indicator was agreed to by all Parties at COP15. It is an optional complement that Parties can use at the national level to better monitor their implementation of the KMGBF. The removal of this complementary indicator means there are now no indicators at all for Target 7 pertaining to Highly Hazardous Chemicals – a category of chemicals that Target 7 explicitly refers to as being subject to an at least half reduction in risk by 2030. Highly Hazardous pesticides (HHPs) are a category of chemicals defined and identified by internationally accepted WHO and FAO criteria, and are recognised by the UN and UNEP as an issue of concern warranting international action. The indicator is not complex, and in reporting against Headline Indicator 7.2 (ATAT) Parties will already be required to collect the requisite data on HHPs. Moreover, indicator 10.2 for Target 10 on agriculture is based on SDG Indicator 2.4.1, which includes a pesticide use sub-indicator that explicitly refers to the use of HHPs. Whether farms meet sustainability requirements under SDG Indicator 2.4.1/GBF Indicator 10.2 therefore also relates explicitly to the use of HHPs. Countries will therefore need to be assessing use of HHPs on farms when reporting against Indicator 10.2, and will therefore naturally collect information on HHP use, which can easily be reported in a reinstated HHP complementary indicator for headline indicator 7.2. Further, the phase out of HHPs in agriculture is mandated under Target A7 of the Global Framework on Chemicals (GFC) – to which most Parties to the CBD are also signatories. Under the ATAT methodology proposed for headline indicator 7.2, reduced or phased out use of HHPs will facilitate significant pesticide risk reductions mandated under Target 7. In CBD/SBSTTA/26/3, pollution and biodiversity are identified as areas where there are gaps in the tools and guidance to support implementation of the KMGBF targets, and as a potential new work area under the Convention. CBD/SBSTTA/26/3 explicitly identifies the GFC as a chemicals agreement with which the CBD should strengthen cooperation, and specifically in relation to the need to address ‘highly hazardous’ chemicals under Target 7. Reinstatement of the complementary indicator on HHPs would inherently strengthen cooperation and complementarities between the KMGBF and the GFC. The complementary indicator on HHPs (Name, amount/ volume/ concentration of highly hazardous pesticides by type (per land/marine area)) should therefore be reinstated. Contacts in Nairobi: Lim Li Ching (Third World Network), +44 7801 411601, ching@twnetwork.org Jago Wadley (PAN UK), +44 7747621745, jago@pan-uk.org
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