61) Spring’s Secret Ally: How the UN Helps Our Gardens Bloom

It’s May, and gardeners worldwide are back in the dirt. But while we’re deciding between cherry tomatoes and cucumbers, there’s …

62) EU Guidelines on minimum wording for Phytosanitary Certificate Additional Declaration regarding RNQPs

The EU would like to inform the IPPC community about the publication of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2249, which amends …

63) EU Guidelines on minimum wording for Phytosanitary Certificate Additional Declaration regarding RNQPs

The EU would like to inform the IPPC community about the publication of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2249, which amends …

64) Plant Health in the European Union

The European Union (EU) is composed of the following 28 member states: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, …

65) Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Colorado beetle)

An outbreak of Colorado beetle larvae has been confirmed in a single potato field in Kent. Containment and eradication measures …

66) Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Colorado beetle)

An outbreak of Colorado beetle larvae has been confirmed in a single potato field in Kent. Containment and eradication measures …

67) Strategic Objectives / Plant Health & Safe Trade / IPPC ePhyto Solution / IPPC ePhyto Solution - PROGRAMME UPDATES October 2025

With 96 countries digitalizing phytosanitary certification in plant trade, the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) has laid out a new …

68) SPOTLIGHT: Dominican Republic leads with One Health innovation to safeguard food security

As an island nation deeply reliant on agriculture and tourism, the Dominican Republic faces unique risks from the introduction and …

69) Update: Ralstonia solanacearum, (race 1): Findings in ornamental Rosa plants for planting for cut flower production

This report concerns an update of the official finding of Ralstonia solanacearum in the Netherlands at a glasshouse company producing …

70) IPPC Committee fast-tracks plant health standards implementation

Rome, 9 June 2025 - The Implementation and Capacity Development Committee (IC) of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) met …