We hope that everyone is staying safe and doing reasonably well in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although there are many challenges ahead over the coming months, we thought it was important to share an exciting development: IPRRG will be assuming the responsibilities of the former International Advisory Group on Pest Risk Analysis (IAGPRA). […]
Dear IPRRG members, All of us have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools, offices, restaurants and public spaces are closed in many countries, and large social gatherings have been discouraged, if not banned. There are restrictions on both international and domestic travel. In some parts of the world, residents have been ordered to stay […]
The BBC recently posted an interesting article on the clever glass box that “reshaped the world”. The Wardian box was developed by Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward, a doctor from London’s East End in the 1830’s. It allowed plants to be transported live across the seas. Previously, 90% of plants transported by ship died. Using the Wardian […]
The Annals of the Entomological Society of America has just published a special collection of papers on geospatial analysis of invasive insects. This collection is of relevance to IPRRG, with more than half of the papers featuring IPRRG members! The special issue, published by Oxford University Press can be found here. N.B. these papers are […]
Please see the announcement below about a Panel on Challenges in Pest Risk Assessment, which will take place at the 60th Anniversary Scientific Session of the Institute of Plant Protection-National Research Institute in February 2020 in Poznań, Poland. The Panel is being organized in cooperation with IPRRG. The announcement includes a link to register for […]