671) Plant health exhibits hosted by Ireland and Italy at the International Year of Plant Health launch event

Rome, 2 December 2019 – Two thematic exhibits from Ireland and Italy were hosted at FAO headquarters for the official …

672) Absence of Cherry rasp leaf virus from Australia

Cherry rasp leaf virus (CRLV) is recorded in Australia from Orange, New South Wales, 1960 (APPD, Buchen-Osmond et al., 1988); …

673) Five new IPPC Diagnostic Protocols adopted!

The IPPC Secretariat is happy to announce that five new diagnostic protocols (DPs) have been adopted by the Standards Committee …

674) New milestone reached as three million IPPC ePhyto certificates exchanged

Rome, 17 January 2023. The ePhyto Solution of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) continued to reach new milestones with …

675) Absence of Ralstonia syzygii subsp. indonesiensis from Australia

There is a single record of Ralstonia syzygii subsp. indonesiensis from Australia, that was made in 1979 from tomato in …

676) Resources / Online tools / IPPC Observatory / 2012 IPPC Observatory study on the Internet Trade (e-Commerce) in Plants

As sales of plant products via the internet increase, many regulated articles are often traded without the necessary phytosanitary certificates …

677) A Sea Change is Coming: Increased Collaboration between the International Maritime Organization and the IPPC Secretariat

18 November 2019, Rome – Sea containers and their cargoes are potential pathways for plant pests and diseases to spread …

678) IPPC Secretariat gets ready for key global biodiversity meetings leading up to the COP-15 of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Rome, 28 April 2021. The IPPC Secretariat has started preparations for the upcoming meetings organized by the Secretariat of the …

679) Strategic Planning: the IPPC towards 2020

The Eleventh Session of the Commission of Phytosanitary Measures (CPM 11) was successfully held from 4-8 April 2016, in FAO-HQ, …

680) Commodity standards, a webinar explains new directions in the IPPC work

Commodity standards for phytosanitary measures are crucial to safeguard plant-based agriculture, protect the environment and facilitate safe trade. The development …