3771) SC-7 2015 report has been posted!

The Standards Committee Working Group (SC-7) met from 11 to 12 May at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. The meeting …

3772) A floating threat: sea containers spread pests and diseases

FAO has recently published a news article on its homepage on the issue of sea containers, being dealt by the …

3773) FAO Global Action for Fall Armyworm (FAW) Control / FAO/IPPC FAW Technical Working Group

The FAO-IPPC FAW Technical Working Group on Quarantine and Phytosanitary Measures is responsible for the coordination of all the technical …

3774) Establishment of a Research Group on Sea Containers Phytosanitary Standards in China

The photo from AQSIQ of China

3775) Detection of Tetranychus evansi in New South Wales and Queensland

Eradication of T. evansi from Australia is not considered technically feasible. Feeding from the mite results in leaves becoming yellowish …

3776) PLANT HEALTH PROTECTION ACT 2020

This New legislation repeals the Plant Control ACT of 1981,and is An ACT to make provision for the prevention, introduction …

3777) CPM-12 mobile app

Amongst the news brought by the Twelfth Session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-12), the first ever IPPC commission …

3778) Inter-Agency Liaison Group on Invasive Alien Species

The IPPC Secretariat and FAO recently hosted the Inter Agency Liaison Group on Invasive Alien Species (IALG-IAS) at FAO Headquarters …

3779) Transient incursions of exotic Bactrocera species in Torres Strait

There is a permanent, native population of the exotic pest fruit fly species including Oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis), New …

3780) The report of the November IC meeting has been published in IPP

The report of the November 2019 meeting of the Implementation and Capacity Development Committee (IC) is available here: https://www.ippc.int/en/core-activities/capacity-development/capacity-development-committee/