451) Now available: Updated and redesigned e-learning courses: Surveillance and Pest Status Determination and National Reporting Obligations

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is pleased to announce the release of two updated and redesigned e-learning courses.

452) BLOG: Greater action needed to protect plant health as global hunger rises

By Osama El-Lissy, IPPC Secretary

453) Coming up: WTO SPS technical assistance activities for 2025

2025

454) Commission / Standards Committee (SC) / Technical panels (TPs) / Technical Panel on Diagnostic Protocols (TPDP) / Workshop on “Boosting Agricultural Resilience: Novel plant pests diagnostic techniques"

Commission / Standards Committee (SC) / Technical panels (TPs) / Technical Panel on Diagnostic Protocols (TPDP) / Workshop on “Boosting …

455) Second finding of Dryocosmus kuriphilus in Castanea sativa in public and private green in the border area with Germany (municipality Aalten)

This report concerns the second official finding of Dryocosmus kuriphilus in the Netherlands, whereby the morphological identity was confirmed on …

456) Commission / The Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) / CPM Sessions / CPM 18 - 2024 / CPM-18 Side sessions and side meetings / CPM-18 Side session on Banana TR4

16 April 2024 | FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy

457) IPPC publishes new guide on wood packaging material

Rome, 3 May 2023. The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) has published the new Guide to Regulation of Wood Packaging …

458) World’s first International Plant Health Conference to set global agenda on biosecurity and address challenges in plant health

International leaders and experts will discuss how to tackle key challenges facing plant health Pests and diseases pose mounting threat …

459) IPPC Implementation Committee concludes first in-person meeting to review progress

Rome, 12 December 2022. The Implementation Committee (IC) of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) met in Rome on 21-25 …

460) CALL FOR EXPERTS to develop IPPC plant health officer training curricula - Knowing and understanding the IPPC (2017-054)

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is soliciting: