1651) The first phytosanitary technology training on surveillance and species identification of fruit flies in Sri Lanka

Colombo, 16 December 2019 - In the framework of the IPPC China South-South Cooperation project, the first phytosanitary technology training …

1652) Sierra Leone implements a Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation (PCE) to protect cultivated and wild plants and promote exports of plants and products

5 November 2019, Freetown - The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) of Sierra Leone recently launched a new Agriculture …

1653) Call for Implementation and Capacity Development projects

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1654) Entry points Nepal

Entry Points PQPMC is a sole government institution authorized for regulating plant quarantine related activities under the Ministry of Agriculture …

1655) Absence of Tomato ringspot virus from Australia

There were two detections of Tomato ringspot nepovirus (ToRSV) in the 1980s from South Australia from a single plant of …

1656) Absence of black parlatoria scale from Australia

The black parlatoria scale, Parlatoria ziziphi, is considered to be absent from Australia although there are previous reports of its …

1657) Detection of teak leaf rust

The detection of teak leaf rust on teak in the Northern Territory was confirmed on 23 June 2006. The disease …

1658) Protecting plants and the environment in the Caribbean: a 2018 IPPC Regional Workshop

Local farmers in Haiti sorting Cajanus Cajan beans. Participants from 14 Caribbean countries discussed ways to improve plant health and …

1659) Message for the 2021 International Day for Biological Diversity from Avetik Nersisyan, Officer in Charge Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention

A planet without biological diversity is an endangered planet.

1660) Greetings for the International Year of Plant Health 2020 from the IPPC Secretariat

Dear Colleagues of the IPPC Community,