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Pesticides

An archive of information about pesticides available on the Rainforest Alliance website.

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A snail on the forest floor between ferns in Darjeeling, India.

Our Integrated Pest Management & Pesticide Approach

What can be done to reduce this reliance on pesticides and the negative consequences of pesticide use? A practical and cost-effective answer is integrated pest management (IPM).... Continue Reading

Organizational Updates
December 4, 2024

Exceptional Use Policy: Granted Exceptions and their Conditions for Using Rainforest Alliance Prohibited Pesticides

Certificate holders that use active ingredients listed in this policy need to submit their usage data to the Rainforest Alliance annually. Information is packaged from Jan 1st to Dec 31st in this template, the first two months of the following year

Policies and rules
November 1, 2024

Highly Hazardous Pesticides

Our approach to reducing pesticides goes beyond phasing outhighly hazardous pesticides. It includes the implementation ofIntegrated Pest Management (IPM), a system wherein alternative methods to preventing and controlling pests are considered.

One sheets
November 13, 2023

The Prohibition of Paraquat: A Global Call to Action

Paraquat is a herbicide-widely used by industrial agricultural plantations and smallholder farmers alike due to its low cost and broad-spectrum efficacy. While an effective herbicide, it is harmful for the environment, the farm ecosystem and highly toxic to humans. Small quantities of paraquat are fatal, and there is no antidote for it, making it a […]

White Paper
April 13, 2023

Application of Triazoles for Control of Coffee Leaf Rust (Hemileia Vastatrix)

The purpose of this technical paper is to explain Rainforest Alliance’s position on triazole use and summarize the scientific literature underpinning that position.

Guidance
June 2, 2022

Sri Lankan Tea Farmers Fight Climate Change

Our field trainer shows tea farmers that reducing herbicide use can protect forests, soil, and water.... Continue Reading

Article
April 17, 2018

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