121) SPOTLIGHT: Barbara Peterson shares her experience, as an in-kind contribution, working at the IPPC Secretariat

Josephine Mphozongo (Malawi Department of Agriculture Research Services), Barbara Peterson and Elizabeth Mumba (Malawi Ministry of Trade and Industry) during …

122) IPPC Community / Countries / National Reporting Obligations / IPPC Monthly Pest Reporting Summary – August 2025

Pest reporting is a key component of the National Reporting Obligations (NROs) under the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC). Prompt …

123) African countries to improve trade systems and capitalize on their agricultural resources

Rome, 18 April 2025. Countries in Africa’s south and east are planning major overhauls to their trade and quarantine operations, …

124) List of Quarantine Harmful Organisms (Quarantine Objects) of Phytosanitary Concern for Pakistan

The Department of Plant Protection, Government of Pakistan has been working on Pest Risk Analysis on various plant and plant …

125) SPOTLIGHT: Public-private partnership saves South Africa’s fruit industry from the Mediterranean fruit fly

For over a decade, South Africa has used a public-private partnership approach to manage the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata …

126) SPOTLIGHT: Zimbabwe to combat plant pests with quarantine upgrades

Zimbabwe is upgrading its quarantine systems, constructing new border posts and inspection procedures, as new plant pests recently detected in …

127) Strengthening global phytosanitary measures: CPM-19 side session advances Systems Approaches

Rome, 21 March 2025. At FAO headquarters, the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-19) Side Session on the Systems Approach took …

128) Report of oak wilt (Bretziella fagacearum) in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada (2023) / Signalement du flétrissement du chêne (Bretziella fagacearum) à Niagara Falls,, Ontario, Canada (2023)

In June 2023, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed the presence of oak wilt (Bretziella fagacearum) in association with …

129) Register now: Grow Your Expertise – Webinar on the IPPC Plant Health Campus

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to announce the upcoming webinar “Grow Your Plant Health Expertise: Discover the IPPC Plant Health …

130) Deadline extension: Call for Nominations for CPM Focus Group on Laboratory Diagnostic Networking

The IPPC Secretariat has extended the deadline to 15 August 2025 for the following call: