1491) Urgent communication to IPPC contracting parties regarding possible failure to convene CPM-15

On 14 December 2020, a letter was sent by the IPPC Secretariat to IPPC contracting parties on behalf of the …

1492) Rhagoletis pomonella (apple maggot) detected in West Kelowna, British Columbia

Rhagoletis pomonella (apple maggot) detected in West Kelowna, British Columbia Date posted: October 2, 2015 Contact: Patricia McAllister, National Manager, …

1493) 200 million reasons to take global action on sea containers to keep khapra beetle out!

Rome, 30 December 2020– Khapra beetle, Trogoderma granarium poses an ongoing threat to agricultural industries, even in countries with strong …

1494) First record of Army warm in Syria

Spodoptera frugiperda larvas were found for the first time, in the sou- thern west governorate -Dara'a ,at four rural farms …

1495) About / Core Activities / Implementation & Capacity Development / Implementation and Capacity Development Projects / Strengthening Food Control and Phytosanitary Capacities and Governance

Strengthening Food Control and Phytosanitary Capacities and Governance (GCP/GLO/949/EC)

1496) Together is better: the Convention on Biological Diversity CBD) and the IPPC sign a joint work plan for 2019-2020

Dr Cristiana Pasca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the CBD, and Dr Jingyuan Xia, Secretary of the IPPC, signed the CBD-IPPC …

1497) Kenya's Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation Stakeholders' Consultations successfully held

Kenyan stakeholders discuss phytosanitary capacity development strategy on January 18, 2018 at KEPHIS headquarters, in Nairobi, Kenya © Pamela Kipyab, …

1498) Joint IPPC and IAG ePhyto webinar concluded in the Philippines

Rome, 10 October 2022.  More than 175 people from the Philippines’ industry and government agencies participated in the joint webinar …

1499) e-learning course 'Introduction to the International Plant Protection Convention' is available

The IPPC Secretariat would like to announce that an e-learning course “Introduction to the International Plant Protection Convention” was created …

1500) Pest Freedom from Urocystis cepulae, onion smut

Onion Smut was first detected in 1950 in Adelaide, South Australia with a second detection in 1964. In 1966, an …