3311) Extended Deadline on the Call for Phytosanitary Technical Resources (in any languages) directed to RPPOs and NPPOs.

NPPOs in developing countries often lack the technical capacity to carry out their functions effectively and to implement their obligations …

3312) Due 13 February 2011: Member Consultation on draft specifications for ISPMs

The following Specifications for ISPMs were approved by the Standards Committee in November 2010 for a member consultation. This consultation …

3313) Call for nomination of members of the Capacity Development Committee (CDC)

The International Plant Protection Convention(IPPC) Secretariat is soliciting nominations for appropriately qualified candidates to be members of the IPPC Capacity …

3314) 2011 Focus Group Report Posted

The Report from the meeting of the July 2011 Focus Group on Improving the IPPC Standard Setting Process is finalized …

3315) Emergency quarantine measures for plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa

The link below provides information regarding the emergency measures taken by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment in …

3316) First Report of Black Sigatoka Disease (Mycosphaerella fijiensis) from Trinidad

Black Sigatoka Disease was first discovered in Trinidad in November 2003. Full report in the journal Plant Pathology 54, 246 …

3317) Schizotetranychus baltazari in northern Australia

This species has been known mainly from a wide range of the Southeast and Southwest Asia countries. The spider mite …

3318) 2012 Member Consultation on draft ISPMs

The IPPC 2012 Member Consultation on draft ISPMs has started. The consultation period ends on 20 October 2012 and the …

3319) Detection of a single male Queensland fruit fly (in a New Zealand surveillance trap)

A single male Queensland fruit fly was detected in a surveillance trap in a residential suburb of Auckland city, NZ. …

3320) CPM Bureau update

The CPM Bureau agreed duringits meeting on Friday 23rd March that it would be useful to send out periodic updates …