1881) Republic of Korea implements new trade tool with digital ePhyto plant health certificates

Seoul, 10 May 2021. The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA) of the Republic of Korea started a new digital …

1882) First finding of Gnomoniopsis smithogilvyi

Official laboratory of Agricultural Institute of Slovenia confirmed a new harmful organism Gnomoniopsis smithogilvyi (sin. Gnomoniopsis castaneae; Ascomycota:Fungi) on sweet …

1883) Amazon and eBay hosted ads for banned invasive species Guardian News)

Amazon and eBay appear to have openly broken the law by hosting listings to ship banned invasive species to the …

1884) Encouragement for the IPPC Community to participate actively in the STDF Seminar on Electronic SPS Certification

Electronic certification, ePhyto specifically, is increasingly important to the future of phytosanitary certification in the IPPC Community. For this reason …

1885) Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm) detections Australia

Eradication of Spodoptera frugiperda from Australia is not considered technically feasible after being reported in Torres Strait (late January 2020), …

1886) Devastating wheat fungus appears in Asia for first time

Fields are ablaze in Bangladesh, as farmers struggle to contain Asia’s first outbreak of a fungal disease that periodically devastates …

1887) FAO Plant Health Team meets to advance international cooperation on Plant Health matters

Rome, 21 April 2021. For FAO and the Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), international cooperation around phytosanitary …

1888) Absence of Phytophthora richardiae

Phytophthora richardiae is no longer considered to be present in Australia. Hall (1991) records Phytophthora richardiae as present in New …

1889) About / Core Activities / Standard setting / Topics list & Call / Current List of topics for IPPC standards / Previous List of topics for IPPC standards

Below you will find the previous versions of the List of topics for IPPC standards

1890) IPPC Community / Countries / National Reporting Obligations / The NRO Year of Pest Reporting

In July 2014, during the first meeting of the National Reporting Obligations Advisory Group (NROAG), it was agreed that every …