4231) Celebration of World Wildlife Day 2015: Wildlife crime is serious

3 March is the World Wildlife Day.

4232) First outbreak of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. phaseoli in the Czech Republic

In March 2007, the SPA carried out surveillance in a company storing seed of Phaseolus vulgaris . Seed of several …

4233) IPPC Membership of the Standards Committee (SC) and the Subsidiary Body on Dispute Settlement (SBDS)

The Secretariat is currently soliciting nominations from all FAO regions for members and potential replacements for the Standards Committee and …

4234) First outbreak of Pepino mosaic virus in the Czech Republic

PepMV was found in May 2008 at one company in South Moravia on tomato plants for fruit production grown in …

4235) Member consultation on draft Diagnostic Protocols open!

The following draft DPs were submitted for member consultation through the Online Comment System from 30 January to 30 June …

4236) Online Comment System: Request For Information posted on UNGM website!

The IPPC Secretariat through the FAO Procurement team has submitted a Request For Information through a Public Notice on the …

4237) Law of Plant Protection and Quarantine

The Law is for preventing and iradication of harmful pests to plants and plant products; plant quarantine and pesticide management

4238) Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Red Palm Weevil) - Eradicated from California

For full report, please visit the NAPPO Phytosanitary Alert System (www.pestalert.org).

4239) IPPC Secretariat Meets with CBD Executive Secretary

(Rome, 20 January 2015). Members of the IPPC Secretariat met with Convention on Biological Diversity Executive Secretary Dr. Braulio Dias …

4240) The NRO Newsletter: NROs UPDATE

Since October 2014 the IPPC Secretariat has been distributing a monthly newsletter on National Reporting Obligations called the NROs UPDATE. …