Australian funds support raising awareness about the IPPC

Posted on Jue, 12 Ago 2010, 08:10

Fruit fly exclusion zone in Australia, photo by LonghairIPPC member countries share the common goal of Cooperation between nations in protecting the world s cultivated and natural plant resources from the spread and introduction of pests of plants, while minimizing …

Technical Panel talks Treatments From Melon Flies to Microwave Irradiation

Posted on Jue, 12 Ago 2010, 08:10

The Technical Panel on Phytosanitary Treatments met in Kyoto, Japan July 26-30, 2010.

There were a total of 33 treatments to be considered by the Panel. Of these, 19 were treatments the Panel had previously considered including some that had …

New Zealand supports working group on Minimizing pest movement by sea containers

Posted on Vie, 06 Ago 2010, 08:10

Loading sea containersA donation of USD 50,000 from New Zealand''s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) will finance an expert working group (EWG) to prepare a draft standard on Minimizing pest movement by sea containers and conveyances in international trade. …

Valuable support from the EU supports participation in IPPC work programme

Posted on Jue, 05 Ago 2010, 08:10

Discussions during workshop on draft ISPMsTo ensure that the work of the IPPC is relevant, of high quality and acceptable to the membership as a whole, it is vitally important that contracting parties participate in the key meetings that establish …

The IPPC joins forces with other Secretariats to address invasive alien species

Posted on Vie, 09 Jul 2010, 08:10

Yukio Yokoi (IPPC Secretary) & Bernard Vallat (OIE Director General)Mr. Yukio Yokoi, the Secretary of the International Plant Protection Convention, attended a meeting of the Inter-agency Liaison Group on Invasive Alien Species, held 17-18th of June at the headquarters of …

Mechanism for the requests for Diagnostic Protocol translation into FAO languages

Posted on Mié, 28 Abr 2010, 08:10

CPM5 (2010) requested the IPPC Secretariat create a mechanism for Diagnostic Protocols to be translated into official FAO languages upon request of the member country so the translation can be made available during the member consultation period.

The CPM5 (2010) …

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to announce the arrival of Mr Yukio YOKOI as full-time Secretary.

Posted on Mié, 20 Ene 2010, 08:10

Mr Yokoi has joined the IPPC Secretariat from the Ministry of Agriculture in Japan where he has worked on technical, trade and development issues related to the World Trade Organization (WTO). He has been involved in IPPC matters in the …

Implementation framework for the IPPC capacity building strategy drafted by OEWG

Posted on Vie, 18 Dic 2009, 08:10

An Open-ended Working Group to finalize the operational plan and develop an implementation framework for the IPPC capacity building strategy was held at FAO Headquarters from 7 - 16 December 2009. This OEWG carried forward the work on the IPPC …

New IPPC website released

Posted on Sáb, 12 Dic 2009, 08:10

The new site retains the URL from the previous website and contains all of the content that was available in the old website. While these aspects remain the same, you will find that in many other respects the website has …

Information exchange workshop with the NPPO in Libreville Gabon

Posted on Dom, 06 Dic 2009, 08:10

In November 2009, a workshop was held in Libreville, Gabon, with the aim of increasing familiarity with the Convention and the information exchange obligations identified in the Convention. Participants included the IPPC Contact Point, inspection agents from the ports and …

Open-Ended Working Group to Finalize the Operational Plan and Develop an Implementation Framework for the IPPC Capacity Building Strategy

Posted on Mar, 27 Oct 2009, 08:10

Arrangements for a meeting of an Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) to finalize the operational plan and develop an implementation framework for the IPPC capacity building strategy have been finalized. The meeting will convene in Rome, Italy from 07 - 16 …

Compiled member comments on draft ISPMs - 2009

Posted on Mar, 27 Oct 2009, 08:10

Compiled member comments on draft ISPMs sent for consultation through the 2009 regular process have been compiled.

To access the comments, click here: Member comments 2009

This year, the Secretariat was assisted in compiling member comments by volunteers from COSAVE, …

NPPOs and RPPOs lend a hand with the compilation of member comments

Posted on Mar, 06 Oct 2009, 08:10

Each year, the IPPC Secretariat is faced with the tremendous task of compiling thousands of member comments in a short space of time and with a limited staff. To help carry some of this burden, five NPPOs (Australia, Germany, Malaysia, …

Explanatory document for ISPM No. 31 now available

Posted on Lun, 14 Sep 2009, 08:10

Following a request at CPM-3, an explanatory document for ISPM No. 31 (Methodologies for Sampling of Consigments) was authored by Carolyn F. Whyte. The link to the document is given below. Please note that explanatory documents for ISPMs are written …