1) About / Core Activities / Implementation & Capacity Development / Programmes / Pest Outbreak Alert and Response System (POARS) / POARS Expert Working Group on Rhizoctonia theobromae

The POARS Expert Working Group (EWG) on Rhizoctonia theobromae was established under the Pest Outbreak Alert and Response Systems (POARS) …

2) Global plant health leaders convene for CPM‑20 to strengthen international standards, innovation and cooperation

Rome, Italy, 9 March 2026 – The Twentieth Session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM‑20), the governing body of …

3) Strategic Objectives / Plant Health & Safe Trade / IPPC ePhyto Solution / IPPC ePhyto Solution - PROGRAMME UPDATES - March 2026

The IPPC ePhyto Solution continues to expand and has reached a major milestone: 100 countries now exchanging phytosanitary certificates live …

4) Meeting of the Liaison Group of Biodiversity-related Conventions strengthens joint action to protect plant health and biodiversity

Executive heads of biodiversity-related conventions (L-R): Enrico Perotti- IPPC Secretary, Martha Rojas Urrego, Executive Secretary, International Whaling Commission; Jyoti Hosagrahar, …

5) Recent detection of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus

Argentina comunica la reciente detección de Rhynchophorus ferrugineus sobre ejemplares de palmeras en la isla Martín García, ubicada en el …

6) SPOTLIGHT: Getting ahead of emerging plant pests of global concern: How the Pest Outbreak and Alert Response System is taking shape

Plant pests do not respect borders. In recent years, a growing number of pests have begun spreading faster and farther, …

7) IPPC highlights plant health’s central role in One Health at EU Committee meeting

19 February, Brussels. The Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) underscored the essential role of plant health in …

8) SPOTLIGHT: Building resilient phytosanitary systems in Africa

In this month’s spotlight interview, Saliou Niassy, Coordinator of the African Union Inter-African Phytosanitary Council (AU-IAPSC) and Mohamed Habib Ben …

9) Report of the 2025 IPPC Strategic Planning Group (SPG) meeting in now posted

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is pleased to announce that the report from the 2025 IPPC Strategic Planning …

10) SPOTLIGHT: From vulnerability to food resilience: Improved pest surveillance to catalyse Sierra Leone’s agricultural improvement

On a scorching afternoon, in Sumbuya village, Kakua chiefdom, Bo District, three farm workers—Mamie Squire, Mohamed Yambasu and Morie Lavai …