2871) Devastating wheat fungus appears in Asia for first time

Fields are ablaze in Bangladesh, as farmers struggle to contain Asia’s first outbreak of a fungal disease that periodically devastates …

2872) Call for technical resources to support the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Implementation pilot project on surveillance

The IPPC Secretariat issues a call to collect phytosanitary technical resources to advance the IPPC Implementation pilot project on surveillance, …

2873) New Zealand supports working group on Minimizing pest movement by sea containers

Loading sea containersA donation of USD 50,000 from New Zealand's Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) will finance an expert …

2874) Plants vital to human diets but face growing risks from pests and diseases

4 April 2016, FAO, Rome - Invasive ants that devour crops, or the insidious "olive quick decline syndrome", which scorches …

2875) Jamaica's NPPO

The Plant Quarantine/Produce Inspection Branch (PQPI) is Jamaica’s designated National Plant Production Organization and is one of three Technical Services …

2876) The IPPC joins forces with other Secretariats to address invasive alien species

Yukio Yokoi (IPPC Secretary) & Bernard Vallat (OIE Director General)Mr. Yukio Yokoi, the Secretary of the International Plant Protection Convention, …

2877) NEW PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE

KENYA

2878) COST RECOVERY DRAFT REGULATIONS UNDER THE BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 RELEASED FOR PUBLIC CONSIDERATION

Public consultation has commenced on new draft regulations under Australia’s Biosecurity Act 2015.

2879) Asian Subterranean Termite (Coptotermes gestroi) Incursion

Coptotermes gestroi's incursion was detected in 2009 after reports of damage by members of the public. The National Biosecurity Authority …

2880) Finland officially requests FAO resolution for IYPH 2020

The Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland Mr Kimmo Tiilikainen officially requested that the proposal to have the year …