The Environmental Protection Agency hosted a meeting of an interagency working group to take input on the protection of endangered species when registering pesticides. CropLife America Vice President of Science Policy Dr. Manojit Basu hopes this is the first meeting of many. “I think everyone in the room came in with the mindset that we need to take steps to ensure the direction the agency is moving forward with something that the ag community can work with and is beneficial to the endangered species.” NGO’s, including the Center for Biological Diversity and the American Bird Conservancy, were at the table. “They were all making very positive comments including growers were sharing concerns on some of the strategies that will work and don’t work, the need for transparency and the need for collaboration.”
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