International Day of Plant Health, 12 May

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2025

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2025

Hybrid Event, 11/05/2025 - 13/06/2025

Meeting of the Italian Association for Plant Protection (AIPP), opening with music at the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnnvRWiQJ30, with awarding of the best five videos of the call "Plant protection in one minute" (see https://aipp.it/aipp-iaas-italia-video-award-la-protezione-delle-piante-in-un-minuto-v-edition/), clip of the congress at the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiEDed...

11/5

2025

11/5

2025

Nairobi (Kenya), 11/05/2025 - 11/05/2025

Every year on May 12, the world marks the International Day of Plant Health (IDPH), a United Nations-designated day that highlights the vital role plants play in sustaining life on Earth. Established in 2022 by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, this day calls attention to the urgent need to protect plant health to ensure food security, safeguard biodiversity, an...

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2025

12/5

2025

12/05/2025 - 12/05/2025

The NPPO of Czechia (ÚKZÚZ) organised an activity day for school children to celebrate the International Day of Plant Health. The event took place at the National Museum of Agriculture in Ostrava. The aim was to raise awareness about the importance of plant health by games and other activities. Children could try to use microscopes, distinguish seeds, herbs and kinds of wood. Inspectors showed ...

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2025

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2025

Guayaquil (Ecuador), Hybrid Event, 06/05/2025 - 09/05/2025

Ecuador, a través de la Agencia de Regulación y Control Fito y Zoosanitario - Agrocalidad y con el apoyo de FAO, GIZ e IICA, conmemoró el Día Internacional de la Sanidad Vegetal (12 de mayo) desarrollando la "SEMANA DE LA BIOSEGURIDAD: ¡ACTÚA AHORA Y PROTEGE TU CULTIVO!" del 6 al 9 de mayo de 2025 en las provincias de Los Ríos, Guayas y El Oro. El objetivo fue concientizar y fortalecer la adopc...

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2025

Kingston (Jamaica), 12/05/2025

Plant Health Awareness Day at both International Airports, Norman Manley International Airport and Sangster International Airport. 

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2025

Geneva (Switzerland), 14/05/2025

To mark International Day of Plant Health, the STDF, in cooperation with CABI and AU-IAPSC is hosting a webinar to showcase good practices and lessons from an STDF-funded project that supported the implementation of ISPM 15 in Africa - an international standard that helps prevent the spread of pests through wood packaging, promoting safer and more sustainable trade.

The session will expl...

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2025

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2025

(Mongolia), Darkhan (Mongolia), 12/05/2025 - 12/06/2025

"Future Plant Protectors" event

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2025

Canberra (Australia), 12/05/2025

Official launch of the ARC Training Centre in Plant Biosecurity. The Training Centre will train the next generation of scientists to tackle some of Australia and the world’s biggest biosecurity challenges. This is a five-year, 10-million-dollar investment into postgraduate research training funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC), three universities and 27 partner organisations. 

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2025

Canberra (Australia), 12/05/2025

To mark the International Day of Plant Health, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is hosting a panel discussion on the importance of plant health to One Health including food security, biosecurity and biodiversity - featuring Secretary Adam Fennessy, Dr Gabrielle Vivian-Smith (Australian Chief Plant Protection Officer), Dr Bertie Henneke (Australian Chief Environmental Biosec...

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2025

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2025

El Salvador (Chile), (El Salvador), 12/05/2025 - 12/06/2025

FAO, IPPC and the International Regional Organization for Plant and Animal Health (OIRSA) will hold the high-level event (hybrid mode) to mark the International Day of Plant Health. FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu will headline the event on 12 May, 09:00 CEST.