1621) Sierra Leone implements a Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation (PCE) to protect cultivated and wild plants and promote exports of plants and products

5 November 2019, Freetown - The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) of Sierra Leone recently launched a new Agriculture …

1622) The Beyond Compliance project holds final meeting in Bangkok

Participants at the official opening of the Final Meeting. Dr. Mantana Milne is seated third from the left

1623) First Announcement - 1st Meeting of the Phytosanitary Temperature Treatment Expert Group 17-20 August 2015 Nelspruit South Africa

This is the first announcement of the 1st Meeting of the Phytosanitary Temperature Treatment Expert Group (PTTEG), which will gather …

1624) Grapevine Pinot gris virus in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia

Eradication of GPGV from Australia is not considered technically feasible and therefore regulation of the virus in infected vines detected …

1625) A third year of the IPPC NRO Programme marked with success

The year 2017 was a third successful year for the National Reporting Obligations Programme (NRO). It was a third stable …

1626) The CPM Bureau holds its December virtual meeting

Rome, 12 December 2019 – The CPM Bureau gathered virtually for its last meeting of 2019 on 12 December 2019 …

1627) IPPC Secretariat participates in the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Invasive Alien Species in Montreal, Canada

4 December 2019, Montreal – The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) convened a meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert …

1628) European Food Safety Authority EFSA) Survey on climate change and emerging risks for food safety including plant and animal health CLEFSA)

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is launching until the 7th of March 2018 a survey on climate change and …

1629) Improving Secretariat team work and delivery

On the initiative of Mr Jingyuan Xia, Secretary to IPPC, the IPPC Secretariat held a small workshop on 15 June …

1630) Reception marks the Launch event of the International Year of Plant Health

Rome, 2 December 2019 - The IPPC Secretariat hosted a reception at FAO headquarters to mark the Launch event of …