EPPO is recruiting its new Director-General to start on the 2025-01-01 ➡️Profile description & recrutment procedure : eppo.int/ABOUT_EPPO/spe… ➡️Deadline: 2024-01-26 #planthealth #plantprotection

The team is about to start a 4-year management action in Brussels, aiming to eradicate a population of Manchurian wildrice. 🌱Mechanical removal will be implemented to remove roots and rhizomes. Stay tuned for updates. Explore our guides for more insights riparias.be/359/

🆕: E-commerce guide to managing pest risk posed by goods ordered online🛒, distributed through postal and courier pathways📦. Join us at tomorrow's webinar to learn more about this guide and other IPPC guides and e-learning courses. Download it here tinyurl.com/2p96stay

Ageratina adenophora has been added to the EPPO A2 List in 2023. Details on its distribution and the pest risk analysis produced to support its addition are available in EPPO Database gd.eppo.int/taxon/EUPAD/do… EPPO Invasives

🌟JOB OFFERS You want to join the Belgian IAS community ? 🦞🌿 Here are two exciting job offers at Brussels Environment: ➡️IAS Policy officer jobs.environnement.brussels/fr/vacature/94… ➡️IAS Management officer jobs.environnement.brussels/fr/vacature/94… 🗓️Apply by 8th November 2023

#NowOngoing: 2nd meeting of EFSA Scientific Network on #PlantPest #Surveillance We delve into the world of detection #SurveyDesign, using the cutting-edge Risk based Pest Survey Tool #RiPEST. 🕵️‍♂️🌿 Stay tuned for insights and updates! #RiskBasedSurveyTool 🌿📊🔍

📊The Communication report for the first year was presented today at the #Bexyl 1st General Assembly: growth is steady. Now’s the time for collaborative action. What can you do? Flag, follow, share and... subscribe the Newsletter! 📫 bit.ly/bexyl-nl

European scenarios for future biological invasions Pérez-Granados+ doi.org/10.1002/pan3.1… "four European scenarios of biological invasions until 2050 that consider different environmental, socio-economic and socio-cultural trajectories"

📢 PEST ALERT: Addition of Saururus cernuus, to the EPPO Alert list: eppo.int/ACTIVITIES/pla… This North American aquatic and semi-aquatic plant was identified as high risk by LIFE RIPARIAS EPPO is seeking further information on additional occurrences in the region #invasive

The EU #RNQP Project part II is starting! A 2-year project to assess whether pests listed in the EU Fruit Marketing Directive 2014/98/EU qualify as Regulated Non Quarantine Pests A very constructive kick off meeting today with colleagues of EU Food Safety - #EUFarm2Fork Be prepared to contribute !

Register now for our free training session on managing invasive aquatic plants🌱 🎁Get practical advice and receive a guide on best management practices 🗓️ February 27, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM 📍 Registration: [email protected] 📢Event language: 🇫🇷

Hope we can see you in Lisbon this coming September Ciências ULisboa to attend #NEOBIOTA2024! Check out our website neobiota2024.org for more details. MARE UniversidadeÉvora Ciências ULisboa

Register now for the International Invasive Species and Climate Change Conference next week! It's free and virtual. It will include a WA-specific talk on the spotted lanternfly. Hope to see you there! bit.ly/3vOIdV6

📢PEST ALERT: Addition of the Australian tortoise beetle, Trachymela sloanei, to the EPPO Alert List eppo.int/ACTIVITIES/pla… This eucalyptus leaf feeder originates from Australia. Its spread seems to have accelerated, and new records have been made on different continents

📢PEST ALERT: Addition of Eutetranychus banksi, Texas citrus mite, to the EPPO Alert List E. banksi is a polyphagous species, present in Portugal on citrus since 1999 which has become more damaging in recent years 🍋 eppo.int/ACTIVITIES/pla… #planthealth 📷F. Ferragut Universitat Politècnica de València

Attending the XX International Plant Protection Congress in Athens. This mornings session on novel approaches in the management of fruit flies (Tephritidae)

Travelling abroad ? 🗺️✈️🚢🏖️ Don't bring back plants, seed or fruit: they can hide plant pests Help us to protect our crops and beautiful countryside against plant pests and diseases ! #planthealth #dontriskit #planthealth4life eppo.int/media/uploaded…

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Invasive sand dropseed likely poses a broad-scale threat to Eurasian dry #grasslands, according to this study in Hungary. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neobio… #invasivespecies