691) Movement of contaminated sea containers continue to raise international concern

Rome, 18 March 2021. Sea containers has become one of the most engaging topics at the fifteenth session of the …

692) Assessing and Managing the Current and Future Pest Risk from Water Hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes an Invasive Aquatic Plant Threatening the Environment and Water Security

Understanding and managing the biological invasion threats posed by aquatic plants under current and future climates is a growing challenge …

693) IPPC Secretary Osama El-Lissy visits Uzbekistan Plant Quarantine and Protection Agency

Tashkent, Uzbekistan. 16 December 2022. International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretary Osama El-Lissy met the Director General of Uzbekistan’s Plant …

694) Informal Briefing to Contracting Parties on Moving Forward the IPPC Work Programme during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Throughout the global COVID-19 pandemic, the CPM Bureau and the IPPC Secretariat have been making efforts to advance the IPPC …

695) IPPC community gets ready for the first virtual session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures

Rome, 11 March 2021. The Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) organized two dry-run sessions to prepare contracting …

696) The first IPPC ePhyto workshop for the Southwest Pacific

Participants at the first IPPC ePhyto workshop for the Southwest Pacific held in August 2019. © FAO

697) Taking adoption of the CTU Code to the next level

Despite approval of the IMO/ILO/UNECE Code of Practice for Packing of Cargo Transport Units (CTU Code) in 2014 and considerable …

698) Legislation-Biosecurity Bill

The Acts and Regulations below are the main Legislation that Biosecurity Vanuatu deals with to ensure maximum compliance to provisions, …

699) Vanuatu National point of entries

Vanuatu has 4 national port of entries where goods in containers are being offloaded. Port of entries are on Efate …

700) Director XIA Joins IPPC Secretariat Staff in their Year-End Virtual Celebration

Rome, 21 December 2021. The IPPC Secretariat staff convened its year-end celebration with words of encouragement and well wishes from …