771) New schedule and virtual modality for CPM-15: urgent poll for IPPC contracting parties

Rome, 14 December 2020. In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the associated containment measures, it was not possible …

772) Australia kicked off the International Year of Plant Health

Canberra, 6 February 2020 - The International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) 2020 has been officially launched on 6 February …

773) Improving phytosanitary capacity of developing countries through IPPC China project

Rome, 29 October 2021. The Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) organized two virtual technical workshops to help …

774) Check out the new Systems Approach webpage

Rome, 4 November 2021. The Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) has developed several webpages that bring together …

775) IPPC Community strongly represented at Climate Change COP 23 in Bonn Germany

The IPPC community was strongly represented at the 23rd Conference of Parties (COP-23) of the United Nations Framework Convention on …

776) Absence of Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii from Thailand

Pest surveillance: During 2007 - 2010, DOA has conducted the surveillance to determine the establishment of the bacterial disease Stewart's …

777) Arabic translation of IPPC Guide for Establishing and Maintaining Pest Free Areas now available

The IPPC Guide for Establishing and Maintaining Pest Free Areas, which was published in English in 2019, has been translated …

778) Commission / Standards Committee (SC) / Technical panels (TPs) / Technical Panel on Diagnostic Protocols (TPDP)

(Photo: (C) IPPC secretariat. TPDP members, IPPC secretariat and MAFF Japan at the 2024 meeting in Yokohama, Japan)

779) SPOTLIGHT: Empowering plant health: guidelines for field inspection

Members of the Expert Working Group on Field Inspection, representatives of host country, IPPC Secretariat, Standards Committee (SC) and Implementation …

780) 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 …