3401) Extended Deadline on the Call for Phytosanitary Technical Resources (in any languages) directed to RPPOs and NPPOs.

NPPOs in developing countries often lack the technical capacity to carry out their functions effectively and to implement their obligations …

3402) Due 15 August: Call for experts for the Technical Panel for the Glossary (Russian and Spanish languages) and EWG on Minimizing pest movement by sea containers and conveyances in international trade

Nominations are being solicited by the Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) for a Russian and a Spanish …

3403) Call for poster presentations and side events for the 7th meeting of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures

Contracting parties, governments, United Nations agencies, inter-governmental, nongovernmental, regional and international organizations are invited to present a poster, hold an …

3404) 2012-10 Bureau Report

The Report from the October 2012 Bureau meeting is now available at the following link: https://www.ippc.int/index.php?id=1110798&frompage=202500&tx_publication_pi1[showUid]=2185748&type=publication&L=0

3405) Emergency quarantine measures for plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa

The link below provides information regarding the emergency measures taken by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment in …

3406) First Report of Black Sigatoka Disease (Mycosphaerella fijiensis) from Trinidad

Black Sigatoka Disease was first discovered in Trinidad in November 2003. Full report in the journal Plant Pathology 54, 246 …

3407) Regional discussions for eastern Europe and countries that speak Russian to talk about proposed IPPC international standards

During the week of July 17-20, the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat participated in the joint IPPC/FAO/EPPO regional workshop …

3408) Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. sepedonicus eradicated in Denmark

Since decades The Danish PPO has carried out official inspections of all Danish grown seed potatoes. Also official monitoring surveys …

3409) Schizotetranychus baltazari in northern Australia

This species has been known mainly from a wide range of the Southeast and Southwest Asia countries. The spider mite …

3410) Call for nomination of members of the Capacity Development Committee CDC).

The International Plant Protection Convention(IPPC) Secretariat is soliciting nominations for appropriately qualified candidates to be members of the IPPC Capacity …