291) Commission / CPM Focus Group and Working Group Reports / CPM FG on Plant Health in the Context of One Health

Background The Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) and the Strategic Planning Group (SPG) have had ongoing discussions about the One …

292) Call for Submissions: Smart Plant Health – What Does the Future Look Like?

The IPPC Implementation and Capacity Development Committee (IC) invites national plant protection organizations (NPPOs), regional plant protection organizations (RPPOs), and …

293) FAO Director-General calls for investments on plant health to ensure global food security

PRESS RELEASE. 17 March 2025, Rome. The plant health community gathers this week at the headquarters of the Food and …

294) Revised draft phytosanitary standard expected to protect plants, global trade from fruit flies

Members of the Expert Working Group on (ISPM) 26 - Establishment of pest free areas for fruit flies (Tephritidae)

295) Translations of the IPPC Pest status guide in Arabic and Spanish now available

The IPPC Pest status guide, which was published in English in 2021, has been translated to Arabic and Spanish. The …

296) SPOTLIGHT: Building resilience against Fusarium Tropical Race 4 (TR4) in Africa

In recent years, the global plant health community has been on high alert due to the rapid spread of plant …

297) IPPC Secretary, CPM Chair reflect on key progress towards IPPC’s mission

Rome, 28 March 2023. As the seventeenth session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-17) opened yesterday, the Secretary of …

298) Commission / CPM Focus Group and Working Group Reports / CPM Focus Group on Global Phytosanitary Research Coordination

Global Phytosanitary Research Coordination is one of the development items in the 2020-2030 IPPC Strategic Framework.

299) Opinion: Plant resources threatened by pests and diseases

By: Osama El-Lissy and Nicola Spence

300) Detection of teak leaf rust

The detection of teak leaf rust on teak in the Northern Territory was confirmed on 23 June 2006. The disease …