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Grenelle of the environment and organic farming

Following are excerpts from an article in Western France (the link is shown attached)


" Reduce by 50% the use of pesticides, the treble agricultural land into "organic" certified 50% Farm ... The objectives of the Grenelle of the environment are well known for a year. It remained to find the means to achieve them. Now it is done with the presentation yesterday, a bill for services concote Borloo, the Minister of Ecology.

• Pesticides. Anxious to reduce the use and risks associated with pesticides, governments focus on two areas: training and coaching. Thus, all persons using pesticides as part of their business first and foremost ¯ ¯ farmers must hold a certificate. This will certify a good knowledge of the products by the user. The gardeners are also targeted any advertising in their direction is prohibited pesticide.

• Drinking water. In case of threat drinking water, the bill allows restrictions or bans synthetic chemicals around the feeding areas of catchments. The establishment of permanent pastures or timber culture will be privileged. Objective: To identify and protect 500 catchments in 2012. Following a period of three years, the prefect may make these mandatory measures if results are inadequate.

• Wetlands. The Grenelle has set a target acquisition in five years 20 000 ha of wetlands particularly threatened. A first. This type of operation was until now mainly the responsibility of the Coastal Protection and Lakeshore.

• Environmental certification. An environmental certification, voluntary and gradual, is created for farms. However, its contents and its implementation decrees are referred to. The "high environmental value," the final stage of this certification also remains to be defined. • Frame

green. What are the ecological zones to maintain or restore the mesh to form the green and blue? The bill is careful to respond. It defines the methodology in the field, involving the State, regional and local actors. If the concept of ecological continuity may be considered in planning documents, the law does not impose any particular type of management on these areas. It will be for local players to decide whether by contract.

• The "organic". Organic farming is not the subject of specific measures in this bill. Two measures for organic farmers have already been adopted in the Finance Act 2009: a doubling of the tax credit and exemption from land tax on undeveloped land. "

Article was written by:
Olivier BERTRAND Imré.