1301) A year to celebrate plants: UN proclaims 2020 the International Year of Plant Health

IPPC hails proclamation of the International Year of Plant Health

1302) Call for Implementation and Capacity Development projects

Purpose

1303) Engagement of the IPPC Secretariat in the World Customs Organization’s Work e-Commerce Standards

Brussels, 14 February 2020 - IPPC Secretariat representative, Ms Barbara Peterson, Implementation Facilitation Officer, attended a meeting of the World …

1304) A Successful Case for Promoting the application of the IPPC Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation Tool in Georgia

Georgian National Food Agency 2017. IPPC, FAO and Georgian National Food Agency staff convene to discuss the draft phytosanitary capacity …

1305) The UN International Year of Plant Health 2020 and protecting plants from invasive alien species: Side event at COP 14

The IPPC helps safeguard biodiversity by protecting the environment from invasive alien species such as the water hyacinth. This and …

1306) Making sure we all speak the same language - the Technical Panel on the Glossary meets to discuss IPPC terminology

6 December 2018, Rome - The IPPC Technical Panel for the Glossary (TPG) meeting was hosted by the Italian National …

1307) Helping make sea containers pest-free: Meeting of the Sea Containers Task Force SCTF)

9 November 2018, Shenzhen, China - With the huge volume of international trade, sea containers can become vehicles for plant …

1308) First detection of Fall armyworm in Torres Strait of Australia

Fall armyworm (FAW) was detected in pest specific traps on the islands of Saibai and Erub in Torres Strait, Australia, …

1309) IPPC ePhyto meetings in Geneva

Geneva, 14 February - IPPC Senior Advisor Craig Fedchock and Budget and Planning Specialist Marko Benovic, along with UNICC ePhyto …

1310) Collaboration with the Secretariat of the African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States

29 November 2018, Brussels – Delegates from the IPPC Secretariat met with Mr Viwanou Gnassounou, Assistant Secretary-General of the Secretariat …