1311) A year to celebrate plants: UN proclaims 2020 the International Year of Plant Health

IPPC hails proclamation of the International Year of Plant Health

1312) Entry Points in Ghana

Ghana is a peaceful country located on the west coast of Africa. It is bounded on the north by Burkina …

1313) ePhyto Industry Advisory Group held seventh virtual meeting with Guatemala

Rome, 20 July 2022. The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) held the seventh of a series of ePhyto industry workshops, …

1314) 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 …

1315) The IPPC standard on authorization of entities off to a good start

An intense week to draft an International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) on authorization of entities to perform phytosanitary actions …

1316) The first virtual meeting of the newly established FAO/IPPC Technical Working Group of the Global Action for FAW control

Rome, 30 July 2020 – Preventing new areas from the introduction and spread of the devastating Fall Armyworm (FAW) is …

1317) Work Area / Technical Panels Work Area / Technical panel on diagnostic protocols (TPDP) / 2022 October / November - Paris

1318) IPPC Standards Committee reviews technical panels’ work

Rome, 14 July 2022. The Standards Committee (SC) of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) held a virtual meeting on …

1319) Spanish translation of the Surveillance Guide (Guía de vigilancia) now available.

This is the Spanish translation of the revised Surveillance guide published in 2021. It describes different models for national organizational …

1320) The IPPC ePhyto Solutions Go Live in Fiji and New Zealand

Nadi, 1 July 2020. Continuing with efforts to facilitate trade on a biosafety platform at a time when the world …