1821) Change is coming: the third meeting of the IPPC Sea Containers Task Force held in Baltimore USA

23 September 2019, Baltimore - The third meeting of IPPC Sea Containers Task Force (SCTF) took place in Baltimore, USA, …

1822) The IPPC Focus Group Meeting on Criteria for Upcoming Call for Phytosanitary Issues Held in Rome

The IPPC Focus Group (FG) met on Monday 9 October 2017 at FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy, to develop criteria …

1823) Detection of coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB)

From the 7th of September to the 6th of December 2019, 50 specimens of Oryctes rhinoceros have been trapped in …

1824) New pest in Kenya: Preliminary surveillance report on Tuta absoluta- preliminary report by Kenya

This moth was first known as a tomato pest in many South American countries. In 2006, it was identified in …

1825) 2016 IPPC Photo Contest: “The Shocking Impacts of Pests” Call for submissions

The International Plant Protection Convention Secretariat is launching the second edition of this photo contest entitled “The Shocking Impacts of …

1826) Por medio de la cual se crea el mecanismo para establecer, mantener, actualizar y divulgar el listado de plagas reglamentadas de Colombia.

De acuerdo con el Decreto 4765 de 2008 es función del Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario -ICA, Planificar y ejecutar acciones para …

1827) Notification on the detection of Bactrocera invadens in the Vhembe district, Limpopo Province of South Africa

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) hereby provides notice of the detection of male specimens of Bactrocera invadens …

1828) Determining host status for fruit flies is essential to facilitating international fruit trade

Rome, 28 January 2022. The Expert Working Group (EWG) for the Annex Criteria for the determination of host status of …

1829) Strengthening Cooperation between the Secretariats of the IPPC and the CBD: Signature of a joint work plan

Caption: Ms Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the CBD, and Mr Jingyuan Xia, Secretary of the IPPC.

1830) Status Report of Potato Wart Disease in imported potatoes into Singapore from 2008 - 2012

Synchytrium endobioticum (Potato Wart Disease- PWD), is listed as a Quarantine Pest under the First Schedule in the Control of …