2141) Environmental protection and plant health: A new IPPC factsheet explains the link

You cannot protect the environment without also safeguarding plant health. When plant pests and diseases spread into new areas they …

2142) IPPC Community

Regional and National Plant Protection Organizations (RPPOs and NPPOs)

2143) The report from the Expert Working Group on Audit in the phytosanitary context is now available on the IPP!

The report from the Expert Working Group that took place in Toronto, Canada to draft the ISPM on Audit in …

2144) CPM-17 adoption of ISPMs – no objections received by the IPPC Secretariat

According to standard setting procedures of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), the Secretariat did not receive any objections to …

2145) Description of Australia's NPPO

The National Plant Protection Organization for Australia is the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. The divisions …

2146) Eradication of Bactrocera dorsalis (Oriental Fruit Fly) in Grabouw, in the Southern Part of the Western Cape Province of South Africa

Three Bactrocera dorsalis specimens were detected in the affected area between the first and the third week of April, 2019.

2147) Entry Points in Ghana

Ghana is a peaceful country located on the west coast of Africa. It is bounded on the north by Burkina …

2148) Consultation on the Biosecurity Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2017 reminder

The Australian Government, through the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, commenced consultation on an exposure draft of the Biosecurity …

2149) THE BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 HAS COMMENCED

The Biosecurity Act 2015 commences today, replacing the Quarantine Act 1908. The Australian Government, through the Department of Agriculture and …

2150) National arrangements for plant health

Australia is a federation composed of different states and territories. Under Australia's biosecurity system, the federal government and state and …