By delivering technical assistance, the Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention, in collaboration with various partners, helps countries to undertake concerted actions towards pesticide risk reduction, including through safer alternatives and techniques for managing pests. Some of the activities that have been implemented by means of technical assistance include:
2022
The importance of using alternatives to reduce the
risks posed by highly hazardous pesticides in
NENA region
![](https://www.brsmeas.org/Portals/5/images/AlternativesActivities/2022_Picture1.png)
African workshop on fenthion: risks and alternatives
for quelea birds control
![](https://www.brsmeas.org/Portals/5/images/AlternativesActivities/2022_Picture2.png)
2021
Alternatives to fenthion for quelea bird control in Africa
![](https://www.brsmeas.org/Portals/5/images/AlternativesActivities/2021_Picture1.png)
Alternatives to paraquat dichloride in weed management
![](https://www.brsmeas.org/Portals/5/images/AlternativesActivities/2021_Picture2.png)
Integrated pest management: theory and practice
![](https://www.brsmeas.org/Portals/5/images/AlternativesActivities/2021_Picture3.png)
Strategies to reduce the use of highly hazardous pesticides
![](https://www.brsmeas.org/Portals/5/images/AlternativesActivities/2021_Picture4.png)
Registration of biopesticides: challenges and opportunities
![](https://www.brsmeas.org/Portals/5/images/AlternativesActivities/2021_Picture5.png)
Prior 2020
Multi-stakeholder workshop on a national road map
for paraquat dichloride management in Indonesia
and implementation of the Rotterdam
Convention - 2019
![](https://www.brsmeas.org/Portals/5/images/AlternativesActivities/2020_Picture1.png)
Alternatives to paraquat dichloride in weed
management
![](https://www.brsmeas.org/Portals/5/images/AlternativesActivities/2020_Picture2.png)
Interview, group discussions and field visit for the
video shooting and community radio broadcast on
pesticide use, alternatives and community
empowerment in Guinea Bissau - 2018
![](https://www.brsmeas.org/Portals/5/images/AlternativesActivities/2020_Picture3.png)
Strategies to reduce the use of highly
hazardous pesticides
![](https://www.brsmeas.org/Portals/5/images/AlternativesActivities/2020_Picture4.png)
Workshop on the Identification of alternatives to
fenthion on quelea bird control, Sudan - 2017
![](https://www.brsmeas.org/Portals/5/images/AlternativesActivities/2020_Picture5.png)
Identification of alternatives to hazardous pesticides
in Cambodian farmer field schools - 2018
![](https://www.brsmeas.org/Portals/5/images/AlternativesActivities/2020_Picture6.png)
Sustainable alternatives to highly hazardous
pesticides
farmers experience in growing coffee without
endosulfan - 2014
Video: https://youtu.be/5gkyu2qYuMU
Sub-regional multi-stakeholder workshop for
Pacific Island countries on alternatives to newly
listed and candidate pesticides under the
Rotterdam Convention - 2016
Video: https://youtu.be/dzUrAbPRnNI