International Joint Commission

CHAPTER IO: INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT
It is recommended that:
Basinwide guidelines, outlining development goals for Integrated Pest Management
programs, be established by the Parties under the Agreement and evaluated periodically
by the Commission in its role of providing advice and recommendations to governments
(10.0)
Governments at all levels increase their resource commitment to all aspects of the
development of Integrated Pest Management programs (10.0)
All basin jurisdictions adopt Integrated Pest Management as their official state or
provincial pest management policy, and government agencies with the responsibility for
pest management implement Integrated Pest Management policies and practices and
apply them to their own operations (10.0)
Research on Integrated Pest Management concentrate on interdisciplinary efforts that
develop options to chemical controls and reconcile the development of the agroecosystem
with related concepts such as sustainable and organic agriculture, multiple
cropping, conservation tillage and low input farming (10.0)
CHAPTER 11 : EMERGING ISSUES
The following emerging issues receive further study:
A Great Lakes Strategy
Long-Range Transport of Toxic Substances
Radionuclides
Global Climate Change
CHAPTER 12: COUNCIL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH MANAGERS
It is recommended that:
A Basin-wide Vision: Great Lakes 2000 -An Ecosystem Charter for the Great Lakes
The Council of Great Lakes Governors and the Premiers of Ontario and Quebec, with
support from the International Joint Commission, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission,
and federal agencies on both sides of the border, begin to build a broadly based public
consensus for a decade “Great Lakes 2000.” This statement of purpose will define a
social, economic, environmental and political vision for the region in the 21st century
(12.2.1)
A Vision of and for the Research Community
The research community in the Great Lakes basin interact more with the community at
large if it is to deal effectively with the anticipated environmental, economic, social,
technical and political challenges in the 1990s and beyond (12.2.1)
Accepting Global Leadership
A Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Ecosystem Studies International Center/Network be
established as a clearly identified research entity (12.2.2)
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