U. Kuhlmann, April 2013

Future Directions for Collaboration between IPPC and Plantwise

Plantwise Policy Statements

Plantwise can be an important contributor to the mission of the IPPCFeedback from the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures will help to ensure that PW responds to the needs of it constituentsSide event is intended to serve as a forum to discuss on how PW can help to support the NPPO activities and the mission of IPPC

Opportunities forIPPC–PW Collaboration

Clarify the Plantwise stance on three key issues (currently), including international conventions, regulations and standards relevant to plant protection, biodiversity and the environment

Tackle the following topics:publishing pest reportsuse of plant clinic datause of pesticides use

Policy Statements

Pest Reporting – within the country

National Plant Protection Organisations (NPPOs) have the key responsibility of reporting the occurrence, outbreak and spread of pests in the area for which they are responsible (ISPM 17) under the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)Plantwise facilitates the reporting of potential new pests to the official IPPC contact point within the NPPOWhere in-country diagnostic services have limited capacity, specimens may be sent to a laboratory outside the country, in concurrence with the NPPO

Policy Statements

Pest Reports – from the public domain

Plantwise offers IPPC contact points and other interested parties an alerting service which sends subscribers information on their country or the worldThe NPPO may challenge a pest report at any time and its status on the Plantwise knowledge bank will be changed (deleted or otherwise updated) in the light of supporting evidence, referencing the NPPO correspondence

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Use of Plant Clinic Data

CABI recognises the value of scientific data but also the potential sensitivity of some of this information and so has created two sections of the knowledge bank, one that is ‘access-controlled’ and one ‘open-access’. The national responsible organisation decides the level of access.Access-controlled --- only selected employees from partner organisations, relevant in-country government bodies and CABI can view the material depositedOpen-access --- clinic data is freely available for research, teaching, and for wider exploitation for the public good, by individuals, government, business and other organisations

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Use of Plant Clinic Data (continued)

CABI will only use access-controlled data to:Support quality control of the clinicsSupport data management, validation and analysisPrepare analyses and reports for donors or in-country government bodiesDemonstrate Plantwise to potential partners within the target countryUndertake research for the improvement of the KB and associated offeringPrepare generalised reports where the data cannot be identified as coming from a specific country

Policy Statements

Future Directions forIPPC–CABI CollaborationCollaboration on pest reportingSharing knowledge and contact pointsSecondment of a CABI staff at the IPPC SecretariatEstablishment of an IPPC-CABI technical working groupCABI has recently offered £40,000 to support the IPPC in implementing its PhytosanitaryCapacity Evaluation (PCE)

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Policy statementsUse of pesticides

Plant doctors are advised to give advice that follows the principles of Integrated Pest Management

Where the use of pesticides is unavoidable, only locally-registered pesticides are recommended

Pesticides that are subject to international restrictions should not be recommended

Advice should keep pesticide usage to the lowest effective level and ensure minimal risk to human health and the environment

Use of Pesticides

Plantwise facilitates the development and distribution of information resources/tools (e.g. pest management decision guides) to support the implementation of IPM

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Use of Pesticides (continued)

Within the knowledge bank and other Plantwise information resources, all references to internationally-restricted pesticides are avoided

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