2691) New head for NAPPO

Dr Stephanie Bloem has been appointed the new executive director of the North American Plant Protection Organization (NAPPO) and will …

2692) e-Phyto gets a go-ahead

Every year, millions of phytosanitary certificates are created, printed, and exchanged between countries as part of the global trade in …

2693) First Expert Consultation on draft Diagnostic Protocols in 2015 is now open on the IPP!

The First Expert Consultation on draft Diagnostic Protocols in 2015 is now open on the on IPP for:

2694) 4-8 May 2015 SC meeting: provisional agenda posted

The Standards Committee (SC) 2015 May meeting will be held on 4-8 May 2015 at FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy. …

2695) Technical Panel for the Glossary report: advances in limiting pest introduction and spread

The report of the December 2014 meeting of the Technical Panel for the Glossary (TPG) has been posted today.

2696) Subscribe to the IPPC Newsletter

Do you have an interest in plants and plant health? Are you concerned about all the alien pests species that …

2697) Update on citrus canker eradication program in Emerald, Queensland - now eradicated

Citrus canker was detected on three commercial citrus orchards in the Emerald district of Queensland between June 2004 and May …

2698) Celebration of World Wildlife Day 2015: Wildlife crime is serious

3 March is the World Wildlife Day.

2699) The list of adopted DPs is growing! Potato spindle tuber viroid PSTVd) is adopted.

The Standards Committee (SC) on behalf of the CPM has adopted one new Diagnostic Protocol (DP): Annex to ISPM 27. …

2700) First outbreak of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. phaseoli in the Czech Republic

In March 2007, the SPA carried out surveillance in a company storing seed of Phaseolus vulgaris . Seed of several …