On 29 March 2007 the Ministry of the Environment, Local Government Denmark and the Danish Regions entered into a new agreement to reduce the application of plant protection products in public areas. Since 1998, when the first agreement was made, the use of plant protection products in public areas has decreased by more than 80 percent. Read the agreement: Agreement on discontinuation of plant products consumption in public areas (in Danish)Advisory system for municipalities, Regions and government institutions on plant protection products consumption in public areas, Summarising report, 2009 (in Danish) See also statistics on consumption in public areas