1141) Helping make sea containers pest-free: Meeting of the Sea Containers Task Force SCTF)

9 November 2018, Shenzhen, China - With the huge volume of international trade, sea containers can become vehicles for plant …

1142) The 5th CPM Strategic Planning Group SPG) Meeting Held in Rome

The 5th CPM Strategic Planning Group (SPG) meeting was held in Rome from 4-6 October 2016, with the theme “IPPC …

1143) The International Plant Health Conference’s Report now published

Rome, 6 February 2023. The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is pleased to announce that the report of the …

1144) Collaboration with the Secretariat of the African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States

29 November 2018, Brussels – Delegates from the IPPC Secretariat met with Mr Viwanou Gnassounou, Assistant Secretary-General of the Secretariat …

1145) Venezuela notified the IPPC of the detection of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 in three of its states

On 25 January 2023, the national plant protection organization (NPPO) of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela notified the IPPC Secretariat …

1146) Enhancing Bilateral Cooperation between the IPPC Secretariat and the DG SANTE of the European Commission

29 November 2018, Brussels – The IPPC delegation met with representatives from the European Commission’s (EC) DG SANTE and briefed …

1147) First detection of Fall armyworm in Torres Strait of Australia

Fall armyworm (FAW) was detected in pest specific traps on the islands of Saibai and Erub in Torres Strait, Australia, …

1148) IPPC ePhyto meetings in Geneva

Geneva, 14 February - IPPC Senior Advisor Craig Fedchock and Budget and Planning Specialist Marko Benovic, along with UNICC ePhyto …

1149) Four Caribbean countries conduct virtual phytosanitary capacity evaluations

Rome, 31 May 2021. In November 2019, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Caribbean …

1150) Commission / Standards Committee (SC) / Ad hoc expert groups / Expert Consultation on phytosanitary treatments for The Bactrocera Dorsalis complex