1) IPPC global workshop charts new path for Systems Approaches in plant health

Santiago, Chile. 15 December 2025. The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) and its community successfully concluded the IPPC Global Workshop …

2) SPOTLIGHT: From vulnerability to food resilience: Improved pest surveillance to catalyse Sierra Leone’s agricultural improvement

On a scorching afternoon, in Sumbuya village, Kakua chiefdom, Bo District, three farm workers—Mamie Squire, Mohamed Yambasu and Morie Lavai …

3) How the next-generation of Commodity Standards are shaping safer global trade — with Joanne Wilson and Lihong Zhu

In this month’s spotlight, we highlight the work of the Technical Panel on Commodity Standards (TPCS) through insights from its …

4) Financial Committee November Report Now Available

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to announce that the report from the November 2025 meeting of the Financial Committee has …

5) Report of Asiatic brown rot (Monilinia polystroma) in Quebec, Canada / Signalement de la pourriture brune asiatique (Monilinia polystroma) au Québec, Canada

On October 27, 2025, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed the presence of Asiatic brown rot (Monilinia polystroma) in …

6) IPPC Standards Committee advances draft standards and strengthens procedures at the November 2025 meeting

Rome, 28 November 2025. The International Plant Protection Convention’s (IPPC) Standards Committee (SC) concluded its November 2025 meeting at FAO …

7) Call for Experts for the Steering Group of the Pest Outbreak Alert and Response System (POARS)

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8) CALL FOR EXPERTS AND CONTRIBUTED RESOURCES: To develop IPPC guide on Audit in the phytosanitary context (2021-009)

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is soliciting:

9) LEADER’S BLOG: Cook Islands: A small nation takes a big leap towards digitalization to transform trade

By Temarama Anguna-Kamana

10) PRESS RELEASE: IPPC Global Workshop on Systems Approaches starts today

Santiago, Chile — 1–5 December 2025 — The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat, in collaboration with the Inter-American Institute …