221) Spotlight: Thorwald Geuze, from the Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority of the Netherlands, speaks about the importance of e-commerce and IPPC Observatory surveys

As a spotlight feature for this month, we speak to Thorwald Geuze, Senior Plant Health Officer at the Ministry of …

222) News & Calls / Calls & Deadlines / Calls for Standards / Calls for EWG and TP experts

Once the Standards Committee (SC) approves a specification and resources are identified to hold an expert working group (EWG) meeting, …

223) 2024-11 Call for DP authors

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is soliciting nominations for authors for the following IPPC Diagnostic Protocols (DPs) on …

224) First finding of Platynota rostrana at grower of Dracaena marginata ornamental plants for planting in municipality Lansingerland

This report concerns the official finding of a 3rd instar larva of Platynota rostrana in the Netherlands on Dracaena marginata …

225) Work Area / Standards Committee (SC) / Electronic decisions by SC / Archived e-decisions / 2024-05 to 2024-11

226) IPPC participates in Plant Health Convening in Abidjan to strengthen plant health in Central and Western African

Abidjan, 12 February 2025. The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) participated in the Plant Health Convening held in Abidjan, Côte …

227) SPOTLIGHT: As its economy grows, Uganda prepares to increase exports of fresh plant produce

Cut flowers, live trees, avocados, bananas, and green chilies. In the last 20 years, Uganda’s exports, which are dominated by …

228) Notification of standard format of list of registered facilities with the trading partners

The National Plant Protection Organization of South Africa (NPPOZA) has developed a standard format to populate a list of registered …

229) Notification on the standard format of list of registered facilities with the trading partners

The National Plant Protection Organization of South Africa (NPPOZA) has developed a standard format to populate a list of registered …

230) Notification on the changes of NPPO of South Africa E-phyto certificate

South Africa has made changes on the Electronic system (E-phyto) for export certification, which has resumed on 01 October 2025 …