831) CPM Bureau provides strategic direction to the IPPC community towards 2020

Rome, 7 and 11 October 2019. The Bureau of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM Bureau) met at FAO headquarters …

832) Impact of the International Plant Protection Convention mission presented in 2022 annual meeting

Rome, 21 January 2022. Kick starting the New Year, the Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) held its …

833) Assessing and Managing the Current and Future Pest Risk from Water Hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes an Invasive Aquatic Plant Threatening the Environment and Water Security

Understanding and managing the biological invasion threats posed by aquatic plants under current and future climates is a growing challenge …

834) Movement of contaminated sea containers continue to raise international concern

Rome, 18 March 2021. Sea containers has become one of the most engaging topics at the fifteenth session of the …

835) Protecting plants through global guidance and coordination: new plant health standards adopted by CPM- 15 at annual global conference

Rome, 16 March 2021. A large number of International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs) were presented to and adopted by …

836) The Report of the 30th Technical Consultation among RPPOs is now online!

The Report of the 30th Technical Consultation among Regional Plant Protection Organizations (RPPOs) is now available at the following link:

837) UK pest status report for Botryosphaeria kuwatsukai

Blister canker of pome fruits Physalospora canker of pome fruits Ring rot of apple Wart bark of apple

838) SPOTLIGHT: Empowering plant health: guidelines for field inspection

Members of the Expert Working Group on Field Inspection, representatives of host country, IPPC Secretariat, Standards Committee (SC) and Implementation …

839) Emergency measures to prevent introduction of Erwinia amylovora through the importation of host plants and plant parts of E. amylovora from the Republic of Korea

E. amylovora is a bacterium that can infect a wide range of plant species and its infection causes serious damage. …

840) Notification of phytosanitary measures to reduce the risk of introduction of Xylella fastidiosa through the importation of plants for planting (excluding seed and fruit) of the host of X. fastidiosa

The emergency measures notified on 7 May 2015 (G/SPS/N/JPN/405) and 2 June 2015 (G/SPS/N/JPN/405/Corr.1) was taken over as the regular …