Photo contest winners

Posted on Fri, 20 Mar 2015, 15:05

Aproceros leucopoda young larva feeding on Ulmus cultivar ''Resista'' by Thomas Schröder

Dr Thomas Schröder, of the Institute for National and International Plant Health in Braunschweig, Germany, has won first prize in the inaugural Pests Without Borders photo contest organized …

Pest management to protect forests

Posted on Fri, 20 Mar 2015, 13:48

Mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) has destroyed about 16 million ha of forests and 675 million cubic metres of timber in British Columbia and east of the Rockies in Alberta. With care, timber can be treated to eliminate pests, permitting …

Updated 12.03.2015 - Announcement: Capacity Development pre-CPM - 10 Training Session, Side Sessions, Market Places and Special Topics

Posted on Tue, 10 Mar 2015, 14:57

Updated schedule of the Capacity Development pre-CPM - 10 Training Session, Side Sessions, Market places and Special Topics can be seen here.

A capacity development training session, range of side sessions, market places places and special topics will take …

IPPC Photo Contest: Pests without Borders!

Posted on Tue, 10 Mar 2015, 10:54

The three finalist photos and thirty shortlisted photos of the Photo Contest Pest without Borders are available at http://www.phytosanitary.info/final-selection

Vote now for the winners here.

Deadline for the online voting is 19 March 2015 at 6pm.

In addition to …

New head for NAPPO

Posted on Tue, 10 Mar 2015, 10:40

Dr Stephanie Bloem has been appointed the new executive director of the North American Plant Protection Organization (NAPPO) and will assume her duties on 01 July 2015. She will manage the NAPPO Secretariat s human and financial resources while leading …

e-Phyto gets a go-ahead

Posted on Tue, 10 Mar 2015, 10:35

Every year, millions of phytosanitary certificates are created, printed, and exchanged between countries as part of the global trade in plant products. These certificates reassure importers that the products have been inspected and found to be free of the kinds …

First Expert Consultation on draft Diagnostic Protocols in 2015 is now open on the IPP!

Posted on Tue, 10 Mar 2015, 10:29

The First Expert Consultation on draft Diagnostic Protocols in 2015 is now open on the on IPP for:

• Fusarium moniliformis / moniforme syn. F. circinatum (2006-021)

• Phytophthora ramorum (2004-013)

• Dendroctonus ponderosae syn. Scolytus scolytus (2006-019)

The closing date is 24 …

4-8 May 2015 SC meeting: provisional agenda posted

Posted on Fri, 06 Mar 2015, 09:14

The Standards Committee (SC) 2015 May meeting will be held on 4-8 May 2015 at FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy. The public provisional agenda can be viewed from this link.

The draft ISPMs that will be presented to the …

New IPPC Secretary Named

Posted on Thu, 05 Mar 2015, 10:22

Mr. Jingyuan Xia of the People s Republic of China has been named by FAO Director General Graziano da Silva as the next Secretary of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC). Mr. Xia has a BSc in plant protection, as …

IPPC Secretariat Enhancement Evaluation Available

Posted on Thu, 26 Feb 2015, 14:57

The 2015 IPPC Secretariat Enhancement Evaluation is now available. Download it here.

Image: Butterfly, by Albert Bierstadt.

The new User and Editor Guide to the IPP

Posted on Wed, 25 Feb 2015, 15:33

The IPPC Secretariat has prepared a new User and Editor Guide to the IPP in regard to the new release of the website. At the moment the Guide consists of the Module IV A (Accessing your account & Data entry …

Technical Panel for the Glossary report: advances in limiting pest introduction and spread

Posted on Wed, 25 Feb 2015, 14:12

The report of the December 2014 meeting of the Technical Panel for the Glossary (TPG) has been posted today.

In the words of the TPG Steward, terms are the most important building blocks to ensure harmonized understanding and ultimately facilitating …

Comments by contracting parties to CPM papers

Posted on Tue, 24 Feb 2015, 10:06

Contracting parties to the IPPC may submit written comments to any of the CPM papers to the IPPC Secretariat via email at [email protected]. The deadline for submitting these comments is March 4th.

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Las partes contratantes de la CIPF podrán …

Reminder: Membership and Potential Replacements for CPM Subsidiary Bodies

Posted on Fri, 20 Feb 2015, 11:02

Today, February 20th, 2015, is the deadline to submit nominations for membership and potential replacements for the two subsidiary bodies of the Commission of Phytosanitary Measures: the Standards Committee (SC) and the Subsidiary Body on Dispute Settlement (SBDS). Submission of …