1621) Keeping food secure and free from pests: Tackling pests in food aid

Rome, 16 March 2021. It is known that disasters impacts in agriculture threaten all three pillars of sustainable development: social, …

1622) A Sea Change is Coming: Increased Collaboration between the International Maritime Organization and the IPPC Secretariat

18 November 2019, Rome – Sea containers and their cargoes are potential pathways for plant pests and diseases to spread …

1623) The IPPC Implementation and Capacity Development Committee discuss strategic issues including the new IPPC Strategic Framework

The IPPC Implementation and Capacity Development Committee © FAO

1624) 2019-08 Call for Experts – Technical Panels

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is soliciting submissions for experts to take part in:

1625) CPM Bureau completes the CPM Focus Group nominations

Rome, 17 June 2021. The Bureau of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) held an extraordinary meeting to finalise the …

1626) Absence of Cherry rasp leaf virus from Australia

Cherry rasp leaf virus (CRLV) is recorded in Australia from Orange, New South Wales, 1960 (APPD, Buchen-Osmond et al., 1988); …

1627) About / Core Activities / Implementation & Capacity Development / Implementation and Capacity Development Projects / IPPC Global Project on Capacity Development under the framework of the FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme

Strengthening the capacity of developing contracting parties to implement the International Plant Protection Convention and its standards under FAO-China South-South …

1628) Report of the IPPC Financial Committee has been published

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is pleased to announce that the meeting report of the IPPC Financial Committee, …

1629) Detection of Tobacco slug beetle in New South Wales

Unusual beetles were noted to be feeding on Prairie Ground Cherry leaves in November 2008 in a glasshouse. Samples were …

1630) Grapevine Pinot gris virus in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia

Eradication of GPGV from Australia is not considered technically feasible and therefore regulation of the virus in infected vines detected …