ePhyto Global Symposium Announcement

Posted on lun, 28 Aoû 2017, 07:23

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat would like to hereby announce that the 3rd IPPC Global Symposium on ePhyto is to be hosted by Malaysia on the 22-26th of January 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, supported by the Asia & …

Agenda for Expert Working Group on the Revision of ISPM 8 posted!

Posted on mar, 22 Aoû 2017, 12:46

The agenda for the Expert Working Group (EWG) on the Revision of ISPM 8: Determination of pest status in an area (2009-005) is available at https://www.ippc.int/en/events/event/576/.

The meeting will be held in Hanoi, Viet Nam from 18 to 23 …

New Russian translations of the IPPC Guides are now available on the IPPC Phytosanitary Resources page!

Posted on lun, 14 Aoû 2017, 22:17

The following IPPC guides are now published in Russian on the Phytosanitary Resources page:

• Operation of a National Plant Protection Organization
• Establishing of a National Plant Protection Organization

The guides were translated under the project MTF /AZE/007/STF Strengthening phytosanitary …

IPPC sowing seeds for food security

Posted on lun, 14 Aoû 2017, 08:40

An article by Brent Larson, IPPC Senior Standards Officer, has recently appeared on the European Seeds magazine. You may read it here: http://european-seed.com/another-seed-food-security-sown/

The report of the 2017 Standards Committee Working Group SC-7) meeting Rome 15-19 May 2017) has now been posted

Posted on mer, 09 Aoû 2017, 12:40

The report of the 2017 Standards Committee Working Group (SC-7) meeting (Rome, 15 - 19 May, 2017) has now been posted. You can find the report on the IPP at this link. The 2017 SC-7 revised the following four …

Dr. John Hedley launches the Biosecurity Information Facility Portal.

Posted on mer, 09 Aoû 2017, 00:15

The Biosecurity Information Facility Portal (http://bif.lrd.spc.int/) was officially launched on 9 August 2017 by John Hedley, Principal Advisor, New Zealand. It was prepared by the Pacific Community (SPC) and it hosts the biosecurity operating procedures for the 22 island …

Draft diagnostic protocols DPs) under DP notification period

Posted on mar, 08 Aoû 2017, 09:20

Two draft diagnostic protocols (DPs) are currently under the DP notification period:

• Phytophthora ramorum (2004-013)
• Tomato spotted wilt virus, Impatiens necrotic spot virus and Watermelon silver mottle virus (2004-019).

The DP notification period was opened on 1 July and will …

Internship position at IAEA Laboratories in Seibersdorf Austria): Post-Harvest Experiments 

Posted on ven, 04 Aoû 2017, 09:10

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has advertised an internship position on Post-Harvest Experiments at IAEA Laboratories in Seibersdorf, Austria. The intern will take part in the fruit fly phytosanitary treatment project. The deadline for application is 11 August 2017 …

Presentations for the 2017 IPPC Regional Workshop and unofficial translations in Russian of draft ISPMs under the first consultation are now available

Posted on mar, 01 Aoû 2017, 15:18

The presentations of the 2017 IPPC Regional Workshops and the unofficial translations in Russian of the draft ISPMs sent for first consultation (thanks to EPPO) are now available at https://www.ippc.int/en/core-activities/capacity-development/regional-ippc-workshops/2017-ippc-regional-workshops/

June 2017 Bureau report is available now.

Posted on mar, 01 Aoû 2017, 12:00

June 2017 Bureau report is available now and you can find it here.

New documents of the Eurasian Economic Union in plant quarantine will come into effect

Posted on lun, 31 Jul 2017, 14:58

New documents of the Eurasian Economic Union in plant quarantine will come into effect from 1 July 2017:

1. the Single quarantine phytosanitary requirements for regulated products and quarantine objects on the customs border and in the customs territory of the …

Technical resources out now on the IPPC Phytosanitary Resources page!

Posted on jeu, 13 Jul 2017, 13:48

G.N. Alit Susanta Wirya 2014 - Glenea chlorospila known as the stem borer pest.

Reviewed and approved by the Capacity Development Committee (CDC), the IPPC has now published the following phytosanitary technical resources on the phytosanitary page. The IPPC and …

IPPC Financial Committee Report posted

Posted on mar, 11 Jul 2017, 14:31

The report of the latest Financial Committee Report held in June in Washington DC was posted and is available here.

Arabic reformatted standards

Posted on mar, 04 Jul 2017, 07:42

The IPPC Secretariat is very pleased to inform its stakeholders that all ISPMs in Arabic, that were affected by the CPM-10 (2015) decision on revoking of standards, have been amended to include various sets of ink amendments previously noted in …