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The IPPC allows countries to analyze risks to their national plant resources and to use science-based measures to safeguard their cultivated and wild plants. By protecting plant resources from pests and diseases, the IPPC helps:

• protect farmers from economically devastating pest and disease outbreaks;
• protect the environment from loss of species diversity;
• protect ecosystems from loss of viability and function as a result of pest invasions;
• protect industries and consumers from the costs of pest control or eradication.