1521) IPPC Secretary Osama El-Lissy visits Uzbekistan Plant Quarantine and Protection Agency

Tashkent, Uzbekistan. 16 December 2022. International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretary Osama El-Lissy met the Director General of Uzbekistan’s Plant …

1522) Commission / Standards Committee (SC) / Technical panels (TPs) / Former Technical Panels / Technical Panel on Pest Free Areas and Systems Approaches for Fruit Flies (TPFF)

This panel was officially disestablished at CPM-13 (2018)

1523) Now available: Report of the December 2023 meeting of the Task Force on Topics

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to announce that the report of the virtual meeting of the Task Force on Topics …

1524) ADDITIONAL FEATURES ON THE PYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE

Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS), Kenya’s National Plant Protection Organization has introduced additional features on its Phytosanitary certificate to …

1525) Plant Health in the news!

The UN General Assembly has declared 2020 the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH). This global observance is expected to …

1526) CPM-13 side session on gene sequencing and molecular technologies

Successfully organized by the IPPC and the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) Secretariats on 17 April 2018 at …

1527) Strengthening Bilateral Cooperation between the IPPC Secretariat and South Africa

23 November 2018, Rome - Mr Xia Jingyuan, IPPC Secretary, met with H.E. Mr Senzeni Zokwana, South Africa’s Minister for …

1528) Entry/Exit Points

There are a total of fifteen entry/exit points in Myanmar. Among them, 13 entry/exit points are located at the borders …

1529) CPM-15 adoption of ISPMs – no objections received by the IPPC Secretariat

Following the IPPC procedures, the deadline for objections to the draft ISPMs to be presented for adoption at CPM-15 (2021) …

1530) Focus on the oriental fruit fly's impact on international trade

Bactrocera dorsalis on a dragon fruit. Photo credits: Rui Cardoso Pereira.