291) Phytosanitary Awareness Week: highlighting the role of the IPPC during the International Year of Plant Health

Rome/Ibadan, 13 November 2020. A successful 2020 edition of the Phytosanitary Awareness Week has concluded under the theme “Phytosanitary Safety …

292) 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)

293) 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 …

294) 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 …

295) 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 …

296) 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.

297) IPPC Pest Alert – First Detection of Clavibacter nebraskensis outside North America

On March 3, 2025, the IPPC Secretariat issued a new Pest Alert following the first confirmed detection of Clavibacter nebraskensis …

298) Events / Webinars, Workshops and Symposia / Workshop on “Boosting Agricultural Resilience: Novel plant pests diagnostic techniques"

"Boosting Agricultural Resilience: Novel plant pests diagnostic techniques" - Advancing Knowledge Sharing in the IPPC Technical Panel on Diagnostic Protocols …

299) New factsheet on IPPC-China project now available

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to announce the release of a comprehensive factsheet on the recently concluded project, “Strengthening the …

300) Opinion: Plant resources threatened by pests and diseases

By: Osama El-Lissy and Nicola Spence