411) World’s first International Plant Health Conference to set global agenda on biosecurity and address challenges in plant health

International leaders and experts will discuss how to tackle key challenges facing plant health Pests and diseases pose mounting threat …

412) Face-to-face meeting of Technical Panel on Diagnostic Protocols

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to inform the plant health community that the Technical Panel on Diagnostic Protocols (TPDP) will …

413) Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum (CLso) absent from mainland Australia

Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum (CLso) was detected in Norfolk Island (an Australian external territory) in 2014. CLso is not known to …

414) New IPPC guide to protect plant health and reduce pest risk associated with e-commerce

Rome, 23 November 2023. The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat has published a new IPPC guide to help contracting …

415) SPOTLIGHT: IPPC e-learning courses promote excellence in international phytosanitary work

January 24 marked the United Nations Day of Education, a global observance of the essential role of education in achieving …

416) Commission / CPM Focus Group and Working Group Reports / CPM FG on Plant Health in the Context of One Health

Background The Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) and the Strategic Planning Group (SPG) have had ongoing discussions about the One …

417) Revised draft phytosanitary standard expected to protect plants, global trade from fruit flies

Members of the Expert Working Group on (ISPM) 26 - Establishment of pest free areas for fruit flies (Tephritidae)

418) Secretary of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), Osama El-Lissy, meets with senior officials in Ottawa and Washington, DC

07/12/2022 Washington, DC – Osama El-Lissy, Secretary of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), held high-level meetings during the week …

419) New Diagnostic Protocol for the causal agent of the most severe citrus disease adopted

Rome, 21 February 2022. The causal agent responsible for the citrus greening or Huanglongbing (HLB), one of the most destructive …

420) Let’s talk about commodity standards - CPM adopts standards on safe trade in plants and plant products

Rome, 8 April 2022. The Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) adopted yesterday the International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) number …