NEWS April
2001:
Community IPM features in BBC Documentary
In January and February of this year, the FAO Community IPM Programme
collaborated in the filming of Toxic Trail, a documentary which
will broadcast in two parts on BBC World in April.
The documentary starts in Thailand
and follows the flow of pesticides into Cambodia where they are posing a
serious threat to human health and the environment. The documentary
also looks at how farmers are learning about ecology and discovering how to
produce crops with less pesticides, often eliminating these toxic chemicals
altogether.
The
programme was made by the Television Trust for the Environment (TVE), a
major producer of films about the environment, development, health and
human rights. The documentary will be broadcast globally as part of the
'Earth Report' series on BBC.
Further
information is available at ToxicTrail.org, a website which
has additional information about the documentary, including broadcast
times and fact-sheets.
Click
here to read a Press Release at the Toxic Trail web site.
