Programme - Building Partnerships for Pesticide Risk Reduction: A symposium for future action

8.15-8.45am

Registration

8.45am

Opening by Minister for the Environment

The Hon. Marian Hobbs

Introduction and context setting (Chair Tony Haggerty)

9.05am

Welcome and Introduction from ERMA New Zealand setting the context and rationale for the symposium; why we are holding the symposium and what our interest is in it; introducing the Hazardous Substance Risk Reduction Strategy and linking the purpose of this symposium to it.

Lin Roberts

ERMA New Zealand Authority member

Introduction [pdf - 27kb]

Presentation [pdf - 105kb]

9.15am

The Government's approach to Pesticide Risk Reduction; what has been achieved and where to next.

Dave Brash,

Ministry for the Environment

9.30am

Setting the scene including benchmarking the magnitude of the risks. Risks and benefits of pesticide use; how we might increasingly reduce the risks; overview of importance of pesticides and of society's expectation of decreasing associated risks.

Ruud Kleinpaste

Characterising pesticide risk (Chair: Max Suckling)

10.00am

What we do to characterise risks of pesticides in both the HSNO and ACVM processes; how we could improve the processes, identification of any gaps

Donald Hannah, ERMA New Zealand;

Warren Hughes, ACVM

Presentation [pdf - 106kb]

Presentation [pdf - 4Mb]

10.25am

Morning Tea

10.45am

Rating systems for pesticides

Meriel Watts

Pesticide Action Network Aotearoa NZ

11.10am

Risks to users: hazard and exposure scenarios for users

John Wallaart

Accident Compensation Corporation

11.35am

Environmental risks: fate of pesticides eg leaching issues, bioaccumulation

Brent Clothier HortResearch

12 noon

Panel Session and Questions

12.20-1.20pm

Lunch

Trends and drivers for reducing pesticide risk: Break out sessions with facilitators (Chair Ruud Kleinpaste)

1.20pm

Introduction to the session

Six break out sessions (in parallel)

1.30pm

1. Market Drivers:

Export consumer demands

Mike Butcher

NZ Pipfruit Limited

Presentation [pdf - 4.7Mb] (this will take a very long time to download)

Notes [pdf - 23kb]

2. Societal Drivers:

Domestic consumer demands

Jill White

3.  Environmental Drivers:

Other factors affecting needs for pesticide, now and in the future (public health, biosecurity, conservation needs, economic risks)

Max Suckling

HortResearch

4. International Drivers: European and US impacts from a risk perspective, FAO Code of Conduct on Pesticide use, are we going to be left with the world's trash?

Paul Hughes

Dow Agrosciences Australia Ltd

5. Regulatory Drivers:

Jack Richardson

Agcarm

Presentation [pdf - 98kb]

Notes [pdf - 34kb]

6. Technical Drivers:

What is happening in science eg green chemistry

Penny Brothers

University of Auckland

Presentation [pdf - 126kb]

Notes [pdf - 39kb]

2.30pm

Actions and Issues identified in feedback from participants/collation of significant drivers

Ruud Kleinpaste

3.00pm

Afternoon Tea

Tools for managing or reducing pesticide risks (Chair Bas Walker)

3.20pm

Regulatory Tools: Tools under the HSNO regime for managing or reducing risks eg Part V decision making and reassessments, range of available controls, and targeted compliance and enforcement programmes.

Graeme Dick

ERMA New Zealand

3.45pm

Pesticide Industry Tools: eg what industry chooses to put on the market, the kind of information made available, re-formulation work

Paul Hughes

Dow Agrosciences Australia Ltd

4.10pm

Consumer Tools: what drives consumers and how this affects the retail market interface

Anne-Marie Arts

Agrichain Centre

4.35pm

Productive Sector Tools: models for identifying pesticide use

David Manktelow HortResearch

5.00pm

Launch of NZS8409 Industry Standard on Safe, Effective and Responsible Pesticide Use

Grant Thomas

Standards New Zealand

5.10pm

Wrap up of session and of day (Chair)

5.15pm-6.30pm

Cocktails

Day Two: Where to from here? Friday 25 June

9.00am

Welcome Back; outline for the day

Neil Walter

ERMA New Zealand Authority Chair

Strategies for pesticide risk reduction (Session Chair Neil Walter)

9.10am

US EPA speaker on strategies and sector partnerships in pesticide risk reduction in US (including questions)

Janet Andersen

US Environmental Protection Agency

10.10am

Strategies being used in other OECD countries

Ian Cairns

Ministry for the Environment

10.40am

Morning Tea

Strategies for pesticide risk reduction (Session Chair, Donald Hannah, ERMA New Zealand)

11.00am

Introduction to the session

Donald Hannah, ERMA New Zealand

11.10am

1. Regional Strategies;

environmental effects eg ground water monitoring etc

Nick Kim

Environment Waikato

11.30am

2. Industry Strategies for Pesticide Risk Reduction

Richard Kempthorne

NZ Fruitgrowers Federation

11.50am

3. Regulatory Strategies: ERMA New Zealand Risk reduction strategy; implications for pesticides

Bas Walker

ERMA New Zealand

12.15am

Brief wrap up from the facilitator

12.30pm

Lunch

How do we know if strategies are working? Measuring use and data collection (workshops) (Chair for session: Janet Andersen)

1.30pm

Introduction to the session;

Four groups (in parallel) discussing same set of questions.

Janet Andersen

1.40pm

Chewing the fat: the good, the bad, and wish list:

What is happening?

Current data collection and use measurement; is it adequate?

What isn't happening?

Which areas are not being covered?

What ought to be happening?

Research funding into pesticide risk reduction?

Notes:

• Group 1 [pdf - 25kb]
• Group 2 [pdf - 27kb]
• Group 3 [pdf - 31kb]
• Group 4 [pdf - 28kb]

2.40pm

General overview from each of the four session chairs.

3.20pm

Where to from here? Wrap up by ERMA New Zealand, and Closure

Lin Roberts