FORUM: "Plant health, safe trade and digital technology." International Day of Plant Health 2024. Each year, over 240 million containers move between countries, carrying goods including plant products, posing biosecurity risks. In addition, about 80% of international trade consignments include wood packaging material, providing a pathway for pest transmission. As a result, damages from invasive pest species incur global economic losses of approximately USD 220 billion annually. Protecting plant health across borders is essential by promoting global collaboration and international standards, such as the International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs). Innovative solutions like electronic phytosanitary certification (ePhyto) streamline the process, making trade quicker and more secure. Follow the conversation with the hashtags: #PlantHealthDay, #safetrade, #digitaltech, #planthealth, #12May.
EVENTS: On 13 May 2024, 14:00-15:20 CEST at the FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy a webinar. will be held under the theme, “Plant health, safe trade and digital technology”, the International Day of Plant Health 2024 calls on everyone to raise awareness and take action to keep our plants healthy and ensure food safety and safe trade for sustainable economies and livelihoods. Get the Agenda Programme and Register here!
Agenda on the observance of the International Day of Plant Health (IDPH)
Technical Session (hybrid)
LIVETREAM: In celebration, the Food and Agriculture Office of the United Nations (FAO) Live event on may13th from 14:00 to 15:20 CEST at the FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy. Watch the live webcast.
The United Nations designated 12 May the International Day of Plant Health (IDPH) to raise global awareness on how protecting plant health can help end hunger, reduce poverty, protect biodiversity and the environment, and boost economic development. The Day is a key legacy of the International Year of Plant Health 2020, which was marked in 2020-2021. The observance was unanimously adopted by the UN General Assembly in a resolution (A/RES/76/256) co-signed by Bolivia, Finland, Pakistan, the Philippines, Tanzania and Zambia in March 2022. The resolution sets out that healthy plants constitute the foundation for all life on Earth, as well as ecosystem functions, food security and nutrition, adding that plant health is key to the sustainable development of agriculture required to feed a growing global population by 2050.
“The International Day of Plant Health will be an opportunity to highlight the crucial importance of plant health, both in itself and as part of our One Health approach, encompassing human, animal and ecosystem health. It could not be more vital to make sure that we do everything we can to maximize the food resources our planet can provide.” FAO Deputy Director-General, Beth Bechdol
The International Day of Plant Health has five specific objectives:
- Increase awareness of the importance of keeping plants healthy to achieve the UN 2030 Agenda, particularly SDG 2 (Zero Hunger).
- Campaign to minimize the risk of spreading plant pests through trade and travel, by triggering compliance with international plant health standards.
- Strengthen monitoring and early warning systems to protect plants and plant health.
- Enable sustainable pest and pesticide management to keep plants healthy while protecting the environment.
- Promote investment in plant health innovations, research, capacity development and outreach.
HYBRID EVENT: 13 May 2024, 14:00-15:20 CEST; Sheik Zayed Center, FAO headquarters Rome. Explore the Programme. Register here and watch it via the Webcast link.
Publications: 2023 IDPH Impact Report
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Healthy plants constitute the foundation for all life on Earth, as well as ecosystem functions, food security and nutrition. Plant health is key to the sustainable development of agriculture required to feed a growing global population by 2050.
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