IPPC expert consultation for the draft diagnostic protocols – technical input is needed from you!

Posted on Wed, 05 Apr 2023, 13:56

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is pleased to invite experts worldwide to submit their comments on the various draft diagnostic protocols (DPs):

• Draft revision of DP 09: Genus Anastrepha Schiner (2021-002) Deadline: 10 April 2023
• Heterobasidion annosum sensu …

The World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) wants to hear from you!

Posted on Wed, 05 Apr 2023, 13:53

WOAH has launched the project “Analysis and evaluation of WOAH’s institutional, technical, and financial governance” on 27 March 2023. WOAH is seeking tenders from qualified organizations to analyse, evaluate and improve WOAH’s institutional, technical and financial governance to ensure optimal …

VA Announcement - Phytosanitary Standard Setting Specialist

Posted on Tue, 04 Apr 2023, 10:02

Please see the details here:

https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=2300983&tz=GMT%2B02%3A00&tzname=Europe%2FBerlin

New Conference Room Papers (CRP) posted

Posted on Thu, 30 Mar 2023, 09:48

The IPPC Secretariat has posted new Conference Room Papers (CRP) which can be downloaded from the CPM-17 page. New CRPs include

2022 IPPC Annual Report – Protecting the world’s plant resources from pests

Posted on Wed, 22 Mar 2023, 08:28

The 2022 International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Annual Report provides an overview of the IPPC Secretariat's key achievements for the year. It highlights the summary financial report, as well as the progress towards achievement of the IPPC Strategic Framework including …

CPM-17 adoption of ISPMs – no objections received by the IPPC Secretariat

Posted on Thu, 09 Mar 2023, 15:00

According to standard setting procedures of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), the Secretariat did not receive any objections to the draft International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs) that will be presented for adoption at CPM-17 (2023), by the deadline …

IPPC Official Contact Points are invited to confirm their contact details to ensure effective implementation of the Convention

Posted on Thu, 09 Mar 2023, 14:59

Exchanging technical and official phytosanitary information through the International Phytosanitary Portal (IPP) is vital to the Convention’s effective implementation. To further improve coordination between the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat and contracting parties, the Secretariat invites IPPC official contact …

IPPC expert consultation for the draft diagnostic protocol on Pospiviroid species is now open

Posted on Thu, 09 Mar 2023, 14:57

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat, on behalf of the IPPC Standards Committee, is pleased to invite experts worldwide to submit their comments on the draft diagnostic protocol (DP) for Pospiviroid species (except Potato spindle tuber viroid (DP 7)) …

Registration now open: International workshop on pest risk mitigation of sea containers and their cargoes and the facilitation of international trade: Defining the way forward

Posted on Wed, 01 Mar 2023, 09:16

The workshop will take place from 17 - 19 July 2023 at Sofitel Brisbane Central, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Register now as seats are limited and participation is free of charge. Click here to register.

More information on the programme and …

IPPC Technical Panel on Commodity Standards’ January report now posted

Posted on Wed, 01 Mar 2023, 08:26

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is pleased to share that the January 2023 meeting report of the IPPC Technical Panel on Commodity Standards (TPCS) is now available at https://www.ippc.int/en/publications/91975/.

The report contains detailed discussions on the development …

ISPMs for adoption at CPM-17 (2023) posted and Call for Objections opened

Posted on Mon, 13 Feb 2023, 15:39

The draft International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs) that will be presented to CPM-17 (2023) for adoption have been posted. Please refer to CPM 2023/11 and attachments available at CPM 17 - International Plant Protection Convention.

Submission of Objections …

Language Review Group (LRG) versions of CPM-16 (2022) adopted standards now posted in Arabic (Ar), Chinese (Zh), Russian (Ru) and Spanish (Es)

Posted on Tue, 07 Feb 2023, 14:38

All LRG reviewed documents are now available in Arabic (Ar), Chinese (Zh), Russian (Ru) and Spanish (Es), as listed below. https://www.ippc.int/en/core-activities/standards-setting/ispms/

4 ISPMs:

1. ISPM 5 Glossary of phytosanitary terms (2019 and 2020 amendments)
2. ISPM 12 (Focused revision) Determination of …

The International Plant Health Conference’s Report now published

Posted on Mon, 06 Feb 2023, 15:25

Rome, 6 February 2023. The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is pleased to announce that the report of the first International Plant Health Conference is now published. The report summarizes the discussions on the most pressing issues around plant …

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

Posted on Mon, 06 Feb 2023, 08:02

On 25 January 2023, the national plant protection organization (NPPO) of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela notified the IPPC Secretariat of the detection of the banana fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 (Foc TR4) in the …