1161) Core Activities / Standards & Implementation / Implementation and Facilitation / Working Groups / IPPC Discussion Group - Tackling environmental issues

1162) IPPC Secretariat’s role as one of the STDF’s core partners

Rome, 29 June 2020 - On 26 May 2020, the working group of the Standards Trade and Development Facility (STDF) …

1163) A Keynote Address on Plant Health and Trade Facilitation at CPM-12 by the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization

The twelfth Session of the Commission of Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-12) was successfully held from 5-11 April 2017 in Incheon, Republic …

1164) Eradication of Potato Cyst Nematode (PCN) from Western Australia

Following detection of PCN in Western Australia in 1986, eradication action was undertaken.

1165) CPM-13 Side Session on Plant Health and Environmental Protection held at FAO HQs

A successful side session on the 2018 IPPC annual theme “Plant Health and Environmental Protection” was held at FAO Headquarters …

1166) CPM–17 Report now available

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is pleased to share the report of the Seventeenth Session of the Commission …

1167) Dryocosmus kuriphilus (chestnut gall wasp)

First outbreak of Dryocosmus kuriphilus (chestnut gall wasp) in the UK

1168) First report of Candidatus Phytoplasma fragariae in the UK

The pest was identified following notification by the local wildlife trust of plants which were exhibiting unusual symptoms. Candidatus Phytoplasma …

1169) Side event on Facilitation of international trade and safeguarding biodiversity from the the spread of invasive alien species which are pests of plants organized at CPM-12 in Incheon Republic of Korea

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) organized a side session in collaboration with the IPPC secretariat and the Centre for …

1170) Plant Health and Capacity Development: A special topic session at CPM-14

The CPM-14 special topic session on plant health and capacity development. © FAO