1321) Passing of Dr Kim Ritman, IPPC contact point for Australia

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dr Kim Ritman, Australia’s Chief Plant Protection Officer (ACPPO) …

1322) IPPC 2014 Wall Calendar

To celebrate and look forward to a new year of protecting the world's plant resources from pests, the IPPC has …

1323) 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, …

1324) Nine Standards Adopted and Noted by Consensus at CPM-11

The Eleventh Session of the Commission of Phytosanitary Measures (CPM 11), with the theme “Plant Health and Food Security”, was …

1325) Second detection of Bactrocera invadens in South Africa

On 21 May 2010 one possible exotic fruit fly specimen was detected in a Methyl Eugenol baited fruit fly trap …

1326) Dr. John Hedley launches the Biosecurity Information Facility Portal.

The Biosecurity Information Facility Portal (http://bif.lrd.spc.int/) was officially launched on 9 August 2017 by John Hedley, Principal Advisor, New Zealand. …

1327) Work Area / Technical Panels Work Area / Technical panel on diagnostic protocols (TPDP) / 2022 October / November - Paris

1328) 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 …

1329) The ISS-STDF Workshop on Implementation of the ISPM 15 held in Nairobi Kenya

The ISS-STDF Workshop on Implementation of the ISPM 15 was held from 19-23 July 2017 at the headquarters of Kenya …

1330) Achievements of the IPPC Secretariat's Task Force for Resource Mobilization

The first task force established in 2015 for the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat was the Task Force for …