671) 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 …

672) Latest Developments in Standards and Other News from the IPPC Standards Committee Meeting

Photo: The IPPC Standards Committee (SC) at their November 2018 meeting in Rome. A new draft standard on Guidance on …

673) IPPC Standards Committee Reviewed the Task Force on Topics Recommendations for 2021 Call for Topics Submission

Rome, 4 November 2021. The Standards Committee (SC) of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) met virtually on 3 and …

674) The First CPM Bureau virtual meeting organized to move forward the IPPC work programme during the COVID-19 crisis

9 April 2020, Rome. The Bureau of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) held its first virtual meeting of 2020 …

675) News & Calls / Calls & Deadlines / Calls for Standards / Calls for information material and studies

The IPPC Secretariat encourages all IPPC contracting parties, regional plant protection organizations and relevant international organizations to submit discussion papers …

676) The effective role of remote sensing in detecting pests and supporting plant health surveillance

Rome, 2 November 2021 – A webinar on the use of remote sensing technologies to support plant health surveillance activities …

677) Detection of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae) at the Harold Mitchell Nature Reserve in Wainfleet, Ontario

On June 7, 2019, CFIA inspectors conducting routine plant health surveys at the Harold Mitchell Nature Reserve in Wainfleet, Ontario …

678) Core Activities / Implementation & Capacity Development / EC: Supporting the Implementation of the IPPC / EC Support to the IPPC Strategic Framework

Support to the IPPC Strategic Framework: Commodity and pathways standards, Pest Outbreak Alert and Response Systems and e-Phyto (GCP/GLO/040/EC)

679) First report on Rastrococcus invadens Williams) Mango mealybug in Uganda

Rastrococcus invadens (Mango Mealybug was detected in Uganda, in 2021, during a detection survey conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture …

680) First Report of Papaya Mealybug (Paracoccus marginatus) in Uganda

This is a report on the first detection of the Papaya mealybug in Uganda, August 2021. The detection was supported …