1971) 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.

1972) Trinidad and Tobago launches new online application form for permits to import plant products

Photo Copyright MALF 2017.

1973) SAVE THE DATE | 20 OCTOBER 2020 IPPC WEBINAR: Enhancing the understanding of the concept on authorization of entities to perform Phytosanitary actions

The IPPC webinar is taking place on the 20 October 2020 12.00-14.00 (GMT+2 Rome time) and will be discussing the …

1974) Standards Committee (SC) provisional agenda of the November 2020 virtual meeting is now available!

The provisional agenda for the upcoming Standards Committee (SC) meeting in November is now posted at https://www.ippc.int/en/events/event/761.

1975) Report of outbreak of Solenopsis invicta in Rep. of Korea in 2017

One colony of Solenopsis invicta (Si) was found for the first time in Rep. of Korea in a container yard …

1976) EU import legislation

List of EU import regulations, including emergency measures against emerging pests, valid until 14 December 2019:

1977) Eradication of Bactrocera invadens in the Northern Limpopo area in South Africa

On 5 May 2010 two possible exotic fruit fly specimens were detected in a Methyl Eugenol baited fruit fly trap …

1978) Pest management to protect forests

Mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) has destroyed about 16 million ha of forests and 675 million cubic metres of timber …

1979) First Report of Erythrina Gall Wasp in Barbados

First report of Erythrina wasp in Barbados

1980) “Detection and characterization of fungus (Magnaporthe oryzae pathotype Triticum) causing wheat blast disease oriticum aestivum L.) in Zambia”

Wheat blast symptoms were observed for the first time on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grown in experimental plots and five …