511) Deadline extended - Call for Proposals: Smart plant health – What does the future look like?

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to announce that the deadline for the global call for proposals on “Smart plant health: …

512) Digital Technology in Plant Health and Trade: 2024 IPPC Regional Workshop for the Near East and North Africa (NENA) Region.

Rabat, Morocco, 5 August 2024: Today, the annual regional workshop among member countries of the Near East and North Africa …

513) Detection of Eutetranychus africanus in New Caledonia

Eutetranychus africanus was first detected in New Caledonia in January 2025 on fig tree (Ficus carica) leaf samples collected showing …

514) Call for phytosanitary technical resources on Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 (TR4)

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is calling for:

515) Revamped IPPC webpage to serve as hub for resources on e-commerce and plant health

Every second, e-commerce generates about 5 000 new parcels moving around the world by mail or courier. The exponential increase …

516) IPPC e-learning course on "Surveillance and pest status determination" is now available in French

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to announce the publication of the IPPC e-learning course Surveillance et détermination de la situation …

517) SPOTLIGHT - Rethinking and strengthening: Kenya's approach to its phytosanitary system

Plant pests pose significant threats to sustainable crop production, agricultural productivity, food security and the livelihoods of millions of people. …

518) Call for discussion papers on the Field Inspection (2021-018) to ISPM 23 (Guidelines for inspection)

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is calling for discussion papers in preparation for the meeting of the Expert …

519) CPM-18 adoption of ISPMs – no objections received by the IPPC Secretariat

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to inform the plant health community that it did not receive any objections to the …

520) Work Area / Technical Panels Work Area / Technical Panel on Commodity Standards (TPCS) / 2023 October Virtual Meeting - TPCS

Welcome to our IPPC Technical Panel on Commodity Standards - October 2023 virtual meeting