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The Voluntary Initiative Steering Group first agreed indicators and associated interim and final targets for the VI in December 2002. These were reviewed in March 2004 and refined interim targets published in April 2004. Download document The Steering Group have selected 18 indicators with which to measure the success of the Voluntary Initiative; the Indicators chosen cover: Final and interim targets have been set for all 18 indicators; deadlines for the targets vary with the type of indicator and depend on the publication of Government/regulatory data. The key water target is a 30% reduction in the frequency of detection of individual pesticides in untreated surface water at levels above 0.5 and 0.1ppb. Biodiversity targets are achieved through surrogates such as training, and crop protection management plans. Revisions to the original targets proposed in the February 2001 have been made, the reasons for the changes are explained in the paper. |