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EU agriculture ministers discuss proposals for strict pesticides regulation
At the meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council, chaired by Slovenian Agriculture Minister Iztok Jarc, EU Ministers discussed the proposal for a Regulation concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market. Mr Jarc gave a report on the progress achieved by the Slovenian Presidency on this dossier, and returned the dossier to the working level. The Ministers also discussed high agricultural product and food prices and the possibility of adopting additional measures to stabilise agricultural markets. “The compromise proposal of the Presidency ensures a high-level of human, ... |
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AUS$3.9m to measure river and groundwater health
Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, has announced funding of AUS$3.9 million for projects to improve the monitoring of river and wetland health. “Supporting healthy rivers is an important part of the Rudd Government’s long-term Water for the Future plan,” Senator Wong said. “Crucial to ensuring the health of our rivers and wetlands is accurate and nationally consistent information about them.
“This funding will help broaden the use of the Framework for the Assessment of River and Wetland Health - a national reporting system developed to overcome a lack of comparable ... |
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