1721) The new draft International Standard on Audit in the phytosanitary context is off to a good start!

Expert Working Group members at the June 2019 meeting in Toronto, Canada. © FAO

1722) Together is better: the Convention on Biological Diversity CBD) and the IPPC sign a joint work plan for 2019-2020

Dr Cristiana Pasca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the CBD, and Dr Jingyuan Xia, Secretary of the IPPC, signed the CBD-IPPC …

1723) Notification on the change of status of Bactrocera dorsalis (Oriental Fruit Fly) in Sunday’s River Valley, Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

After several delimiting surveys and eradication attempts of B. dorsalis in the Sundays River Valley area of the Eastern Cape …

1724) International Year of Plant Health off to a good start with first meeting of IYPH International Steering Committee

Rome, 14 June 2019. The first meeting of the International Steering Committee (ISC) on the International Year of Plant Health …

1725) Recommendations for the Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation project

Rome, 26 November 2021. The Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation (PCE) is a capacity development tool designed to help countries improvee their …

1726) Now open for registration: IRSS Webinar: The Story so Far

The IPPC Implementation and Review Support System (IRSS) invites you to an interactive webinar on IRSS’s journey, its milestones and …

1727) The Workshop on IPPC standards and implementation held in Iraq

Photograph: IPPC 2017 – Workshop participants from Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture convene in Iraq

1728) Clarification on issues of implementation of IPPC standards

In recent correspondence between the IPPC Secretary, Mr. Yukio Yokoi, and the Secretary General of the International Organization for Standardization …

1729) IPPC Community / Countries / National Reporting Obligations / The NRO Year of Phytosanitary legislation

In July 2014, during the first meeting of the National Reporting Obligations Advisory Group, it was agreed that each year …

1730) First report of Citrus bark cracking viroid (CBCVd) on hops (Humulus lupulus)

An unknown and aggressive disease was observed in 2007 in hop gardens in Slovenia. The disease spread extremely rapidly and …