Draft translations of the IPPC Guide to participating in CPM are available in all FAO languages!

Posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2025, 09:29

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to inform you that the provisionally translated versions of the Guide to participating in the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures of the International Plant Protection Convention in all FAO languages were made available ahead of CPM-19! …

Now available: December 2024 CPM Bureau meeting report

Posted on Fri, 07 Mar 2025, 12:59

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to inform the plant health community that the report of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) Bureau virtual meeting held in December 2024 is now available and can be accessed here.

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Vacancy: IPPC Programme Specialist

Posted on Fri, 07 Mar 2025, 12:58

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is pleased to inform the plant health community about a job opening for an IPPC Programme Specialist.

Find more information about the vacancy here.

Now available: Revised brochure on Introduction to phytosanitary terminology

Posted on Fri, 07 Mar 2025, 12:37

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to inform the plant health community that the revised brochure Introduction to Phytosanitary Terminology is now available.

The brochure illustrates the importance of the International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) 5 (Glossary of phytosanitary terms) …

IPPC Pest Alert – First Detection of Clavibacter nebraskensis outside North America

Posted on Tue, 04 Mar 2025, 14:57

On March 3, 2025, the IPPC Secretariat issued a new Pest Alert following the first confirmed detection of Clavibacter nebraskensis outside North America. This alert was released in the framework of the IPPC Development Agenda Item (DAI) on Pest Outbreak …

Investing in biodiversity: unlocking greater returns

Posted on Tue, 04 Mar 2025, 08:43

The Liaison Group of the Biodiversity-related Conventions stresses the contribution of biodiversity to national economies, livelihoods, human health and food security.

4 March 2025, Rome. The Liaison Group of Biodiversity-related Conventions, a long-standing group uniting the executive heads of the …

Register now: Plant health talk on “The importance of plant health in One Health”

Posted on Mon, 03 Mar 2025, 13:08

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat will participate in the plant health series talks of the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) on Wednesday 5 March 2025 from 15:00-16:00 (CET). Sarah Brunel, the IPPC Officer-in-charge for day-to-day matters and Lead …