National action Plan to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides 2012. Country/Territory Slovakia Document type Date 2012 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Cultivated plants, Water Keyword Policy/planning Integrated pest management-IPM/pest management strategies Pesticides Sustainable use Plant production Plant protection Monitoring Protection of environment Ecological production/organic production Irrigation Drainage/land reclamation Pollution control Freshwater quality/freshwater pollution Geographical area Eastern Europe, Europe, EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, European Union Countries Abstract This publication contains the Slovak Republic National action Plan to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides 2012. In terms of the sustainable use of plant protection products, this National Action Plan contains, in particular, qualitative and quantitative objectives, measures to reduce health and environmental risks and the impacts of the use of plant protection products on human health and the environment, and support for the development and introduction of integrated pest management and of the alternative approaches or techniques used in plant protection. Overall objectives of this text are here listed: to minimize the hazards and risks to health and the environment from the use of pesticides; to improve controls on the use and distribution of pesticides; to reduce the levels of harmful active substances including through substituting the most dangerous with safer (including non-chemical) alternatives; to encourage low-input or pesticide-free cultivation, among other things through raising users’ awareness, promoting the use of codes of good practices and promoting consideration of the possible application of financial instruments; to establish a transparent system for reporting and monitoring progress made in the fulfilling of the objectives of the strategy, including the development of suitable indicators. Full text English Website ec.europa.eu