About 2 wks after #ThreePercentEarth finished up its #APFSD exhibit advocating for #systems based approaches for more #holistically fighting #pesticides #pollution, we serendipitously came upon this article in #MekongEye shedding light on how large agro-companies in #Thailand (and across) #Indochina exploit cash-poor small-holder farms w/ economically-bias 'contract farming instruments' that often drive crop burning leading to dangerously intense regional #airpollution. https://www.mekongeye.com/2023/04/10/fixing-air-pollution/

Here's the latest #harvest from the #ThreePercentEarth #GardenLiapKlong commercial #communitycentre collaborative (chemical-free) #urban #vegetable garden.
It's true that our organisational focus is on #pollution awareness via #policyresearch. However, we also work to promote education and action for #communitysustainability, as well! #SustainableDevelopment #sustainableASEAN #chemicalfreefarming #Thailand

We're super excited to announce that we will be participating at next week's upcoming #AsiaPacific Forum on #SustainableDevelopment at the #UN Conference Centre in #Bangkok from 27-30 March! Our exhibit at the SDG Acceleration Pavilion will promote our recently peer-review published work in #MJSA, and why a #systems-based approach is needed for helping achieve #SDG6. If you, your organisation, govt. ministry, or business is registered to attend, do stop by our booth! #SDGs #ThreePercentEarth

#societal complacency & industry lobbying is at the root of #pesticides-driven cost-externalising #agricultural #foodsystems. The result? Lots of #empirical evidence demonstrating #ecological & #publichealth impacts. A recent #ThreePercentEarth #MJSA publication proposes a 'systems-based' framework that promotes 'integrating' public health w/agric. #decisionmaking. Our findings?#BAU #commercial #farming has resulted in substantial 'appreciable public health concern.'
https://myjsustainagri.com/mjsa-02-2022-131-141/

The office headquarters of #ThreePercentEarth is located on the grounds of the #GardenLiapKlong (The Garden), a commercial community centre in #Nonthaburi #Thailand. In addition to our #policyresearch we have partnered with the Garden to raise awareness about meaningful steps people w/in local neighbourhoods can take to help promote community-based #sustainability. Like, for example, #chemicalfree #urban #vegetable #farming. #ASEANsustainable #SDGs #SDG2 #chemicalfreefarming

A recently published paper by #ThreePercentEarth gauged #global agric. pesticides #publichealth 'concern' (by country). Thailand's avg. index score (16.33/25 = high). A 2021 published review from W.Laohaudomchok about #pesticides in #Thailand revealed,
1. incr. pesticides importation
2. 1/3 are class I and II pesticides
3. #labour #laws don't cover #farmers
4. incr. # of chem. intensive #indigenous farms
5. exposure prevalence for farmers/gen. ppl
https://myjsustainagri.com/archives/2mjsa2022/2mjsa2022-131-141.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8291370/

#Brunei was recently reported as among the best nations for low #pollution-related mortality. A 2020 review from Lee et al., showcased its effective legal frameworks for handling #diseasesurveillance and #cleanwater/sanitation, but challenges persist regarding incr. risk from vehicle-sourced #airpollution, lack of a comprehensive reg. platform to handle growing amts. of #solidwaste incl. #ewaste, and 'high' avg. #pesticides EIR-IS readings reported by #ThreePercentEarth.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338583793_Brunei_Darussalam_country_report_on_children's_environmental_health

So, here it is. our first official 'shop-talk' Toot from #ThreePercentEarth. In working to raise awareness of the impact(s) and risk(s) to #health and #environment from pervasive/expansive use of chemical #farming #pesticides (esp. throughout #ASEAN), our organisation recently published a #research #article in MJSA proposing a novel indexing framework that captures the idea of 'integrating' #publichealth measures with #agricultural policy-based decision-making. #SDG2.4

https://myjsustainagri.com/mjsa-02-2022-131-141/

Today, we take our first steps in more actively diversifying our social media presence. Viva la Toot!
At Three Percent Earth we do policy research to help address issues of concern regarding consumer-industrial pollution, and agricultural pesticides for the ASEAN region; and work to help reduce/prevent health and environmental impacts by advocating practical policy and governance solutions. #ThreePercentEarth #SDGs #ASEANsustainable