3311) Second Call for Independent Experts: Establishment of an IPPC Dispute Settlement Expert Committee

This call for independent experts is issued with a view to establishing the Expert Committee for the Phytosanitary Dispute between …

3312) 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.

3313) Celebration of World Wildlife Day 2015: Wildlife crime is serious

3 March is the World Wildlife Day.

3314) 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. …

3315) Detection of tomato torrado virus in South Australia

In South Australia, the virus causes leaf mottling, yellow spotting followed by necrosis at the base of leaflets. In some …

3316) Member consultation on draft Diagnostic Protocols open!

The following draft DPs were submitted for member consultation through the Online Comment System from 30 January to 30 June …

3317) IPPC Secretariat Meets with CBD Executive Secretary

(Rome, 20 January 2015). Members of the IPPC Secretariat met with Convention on Biological Diversity Executive Secretary Dr. Braulio Dias …

3318) The NRO Newsletter: NROs UPDATE

Since October 2014 the IPPC Secretariat has been distributing a monthly newsletter on National Reporting Obligations called the NROs UPDATE. …

3319) First outbreak of Pepino mosaic virus in the Czech Republic

PepMV was found in May 2008 at one company in South Moravia on tomato plants for fruit production grown in …

3320) The report from the 5th meeting of the Capacity Development Committee CDC) is now posted!

The fifth meeting of the Capacity Development Committee was held in Rome, Italy, on the 1st-5th December 2014.